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hidradenitis suppurativa
info · Skin · ICD-10: L73.2
A hidradenitis that is characterized by chronic inflammation of the apocrine sweat glands, with symptoms of painful nodules, abscesses, sinus tract formation, scarring, erythema, pruritis, and pain, and has_material_basis_in chronic inflammation of the apocrin
A hidradenitis that is characterized by chronic inflammation of the apocrine sweat glands, with symptoms of painful nodules, abscesses, sinus tract formation, scarring, erythema, pruritis, and pain, and has_material_basis_in chronic inflammation of the apocrine sweat glands leading to recurrent folliculitis and an accompanying immune response that worsens inflammation.
Signs and symptoms
- Acne inversa
- Chronic furunculosis
- Recurrent cutaneous abscess formation
- Atypical scarring of skin
- Perifolliculitis
- Squamous cell carcinoma
- Follicular hyperkeratosis
Medications that may treat it
Also known as: Acne inversa, familial