BACKGROUND: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) may be associated with face and back lesions which are considered as acne. OBJECTIVE: To describe the skin lesions of a group of patients with HS. METHODS: Twelve patients were selected from a series of 648 patients on the basis of their specific skin lesions. RESULTS: The patients (mostly male) had typical hidradenitis. On their face or back they had one or several of the following skin lesions which are not seen in acne: hypertrophic rope-like bridged scars, raised plaques with multiple carbuncle-like openings or with ulcerations, 'worm-eaten scars' and coalescent nodules with round ulcerations. All patients had deep round scars. Several had a pilonidal cyst or large epidermal cysts. Isotretinoin had been used by 7 patients with no effect. CONCLUSION: Some HS patients have specific lesions of the face and back which are not acne and have to be treated differently. Copyright 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel.
BACKGROUND:Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) may be associated with face and back lesions which are considered as acne. OBJECTIVE: To describe the skin lesions of a group of patients with HS. METHODS: Twelve patients were selected from a series of 648 patients on the basis of their specific skin lesions. RESULTS: The patients (mostly male) had typical hidradenitis. On their face or back they had one or several of the following skin lesions which are not seen in acne: hypertrophic rope-like bridged scars, raised plaques with multiple carbuncle-like openings or with ulcerations, 'worm-eaten scars' and coalescent nodules with round ulcerations. All patients had deep round scars. Several had a pilonidal cyst or large epidermal cysts. Isotretinoin had been used by 7 patients with no effect. CONCLUSION: Some HS patients have specific lesions of the face and back which are not acne and have to be treated differently. Copyright 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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