An association between Crohn's disease and hidradenitis suppurativa has been suggested. The presence of Crohn's disease generally precedes the diagnosis of hidradenitis suppurativa. We present two new cases in which hidradenitis lesions developed before Crohn's disease, suggesting an overlap and supporting an association. Furthermore, in one of these cases, treatment with infliximab resulted in...

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OBJECTIVE Our aim was to report a fatal complication of hidradenitis suppurativa and a review of the literature. MATERIALS AND METHODS A case of severe hidradenitis suppurativa obscuring the diagnosis and precluding the treatment of a ruptured sigmoid diverticulum is presented. RESULTS We describe a 48-year-old woman who had a long history of untreated hidradenitis suppurativa with extensiv...

Hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic inflammatory skin disease featuring inflammatory nodules, fistulas and discharge of secretions in the intertriginous regions. Without therapy the disease is chronic and progressive. The most effective treatment is the radical wide excision of the affected areas. Systemic antibiotics, immunosuppressants, oral retinoids or antiandrogens have limited beneficia...

HS: hidradenitis suppurativa IL: interleukin LCV: leukocytoclastic vasculitis PAPA: pyogenic arthritis, pyoderma gangrenosum, and acne PAPASH: pyogenic arthritis, pyoderma gangrenosum, acne, and hidradenitis suppurativa PASH: pyoderma gangrenosum, acne, and hidradenitis suppurativa PG: pyoderma gangrenosum PsAPASH: psoriatic arthritis, pyoderma gangrenosum, acne, and hidradenitis INTRODUCTION A...

•Highlights the sheer mass of tumor encountered with hidradenitis suppurativa.•Reviews the complexity of wound healing with hidradenitis suppurativa.•Overview of multi-team approach to a vulvar cancer.

Comorbidities of hidradenitis suppurativa (acne inversa) were reviewed by extracting original and review publications included in MEDLINE, EMBASE and COCHRANE libraries using the terms "hidradenitis," "Verneuil" and "acne inversa." Follicular occlusion disorders, inflammatory bowel diseases, especially Crohn disease, spondylarthropathy, other hyperergic diseases, genetic keratin disorders assoc...

OBJECTIVE To review the presentation and clinical findings of arthritis associated with hidradenitis suppurativa. METHOD Medical records from the rheumatology clinics of two major teaching hospitals were reviewed for arthritis and hidradenitis suppurativa. The nine patient records fulfilling these criteria were reviewed and compared with 20 previous reports. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION The arthr...

Squamous cell carcinoma is a rare complication of chronic, severe, hidradenitis suppurativa. We describe a patient with a 20-year history of extensive perineal hidradenitis suppurativa who presented with subacute muscle weakness and sensory symptoms. He was subsequently diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma arising in the area of hidradenitis. The neurologic symptoms and signs resolved after c...

Hidradenitis suppurativa influences patients' lives in many ways. It is therefore necessary to focus on the effects of the disease on daily life in order better to define patient-related outcomes in hidradenitis suppurativa studies. Interviews were conducted with 12 patients with hidradenitis suppurativa. Initial single interviews were followed by semi-structured and structured qualitative focu...