BACKGROUND Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic, relapsing inflammatory disease of skin, characterized by recurrent draining sinuses and abscesses, predominantly in skin folds carrying terminal hairs and apocrine glands. METHOD This study reviewed 54 sites in 27 patients with moderate to extensive chronic inflammatory skin lesions treated surgically in our hospital from 2004 through 200...

We undertook a retrospective pathological study of 118 skin resection specimens from 101 patients with hidradenitis suppurativa. Follicular occlusion was identified in all the specimens, regardless of disease duration (1 month to 18 years), but was not noted in the axillary and inguinal skin of controls. We therefore regard follicular occlusion as an early and important feature in the pathogene...

Background: Fumaric acid esters (FAE) have been used as a drug since 1959. The therapeutic preparation containing FAE has been one of the prominent drugs used for the systemic treatment of psoriasis since 1994 in Germany. FAE have been used in the treatment of sarcoidosis, granuloma annulare, necrobiosis lipoidica, cheilitis granulomatosa, annular elastotic giant cell granuloma, malignant melan...

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is chronic inflammatory disease characterized by recurrent painful nodules, which leads to forming an abscess and sinus tracts, together with pustulation and hypertrophic scarring in the areas of apocrine sweat glands. Systemic and local antibiotic therapy, together with corticoid therapy, sulphonates, retinoids and surgical treatment with incisions and drainage be...

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a long‐term condition that causes abscesses on the skin especially in groin, between buttocks, under breasts and armpits.

Hidradenitis suppurativa is difficult to treat owing to its complex pathomechanism; beside the extensive inflammation with abscesses and inflammatory nodules, there is also an architectural loss with sinus tract formation and in severe cases with extensive scarring. Therefore, surgery is mandatory in moderate and severe HS.

BACKGROUND On the basis of some case reports, a relationship has been suggested between hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) and the development of nonmelanoma skin cancer. OBJECTIVES To confirm this relationship and to explore the risk of other cancers among patients with HS. PATIENTS Patients with a discharge diagnosis of HS were obtained from the computerized database of hospital discharge diag...

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic disfiguring skin disease affecting apocrine sweat glands, characterized by abscesses, cysts, or infections. There is currently no cure or a consistently effective treatment. HS is a challenging condition to diagnose and treat. We present a severe case to raise awareness of this disabling condition.