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No medical tests are usually necessary to diagnose pilonidal disease. Your health professional can detect this condition by visually examining the area around the crease in the buttocks.
A skin and wound culture of the infected pilonidal cyst (abscess) may be done if it does not heal after treatment.
A pilonidal cyst is sometimes mistaken for Crohn's disease or a fistula or abscess next to the rectum (perirectal abscess). If the health professional suspects another condition, further tests may be taken.
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