fox-fordyce disease/obesity

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), a pathologic follicular disease, impacts patients' lives profoundly and usually occurs in isolation. The diseases with the strongest association are obesity, depression, and pain. HS is associated with many diseases including acne conglobata (AC), dissecting

Acne inversa is a recurrent, suppurative disease manifested by abscesses, fistulas, and scarring. Once considered to be a disease of the apocrine glands, it is actually a defect of follicular epithelium. Thus, the term hidradenitis suppurativa is a misnomer and should be abandoned. In cases of

Hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic skin disease, characterized by painful, deep-seated inflamed lesions, mainly in areas bearing apocrine sweat glands, most commonly the axillary and inguinal regions. Pain leads to mechanical problems, and bacterial growth in the lesions produces a foul-smelling

Clinical assessment of 134 patients with hidradenitis suppurativa revealed clinical evidence supporting an androgen-based endocrine disorder underlying the condition. Such features included postpubertal onset maximal during the third decade; female preponderance (13:5); premenstrual flare in 57 per

Hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic inflammatory disease that usually affects areas of the skin with a high density of apocrine glands (axillae, groin, perianal and perineal regions, submammary area, etc). It usually appears in women during puberty. The etiology of the disease is unknown, although

Hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic skin disorder characterized by recurrent inflammatory nodules, fistulas, abscesses, and scarring mainly in the intertriginous areas with terminal hair and apocrine glands. Hidradenitis suppurativa manifests usually after puberty, in the third life decade and

Human sweat glands disorders are common and can have a significant impact on the quality of life and on professional, social, and emotional burdens. It is of paramount importance to diagnose and treat them properly to ensure optimal patient care. Hyperhidrosis is characterized by increased sweat

Hidradenitis suppurativa, or Verneuil's disease, is somewhat common, especially in women, but it often unrecognized. Clinical manifestations include painful nodules, abscesses, sinus tracts, and ropelike hypertrophic scars in the apocrine gland-bearing areas. It is a chronic disease. Smoking and

Hidradenitis Suppurativa. Verneuil disease or hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) chronic, inflammatory, recurrent debilitating disease develops after puberty, with cutaneous and sub-cutaneous painfull nodules in the apocrine sweat glands regions (axillary inguinal and ano genital regions). Prevalence is

BACKGROUND Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a recurrent, suppurative disease manifested by abscesses, fistulas, and scarring. METHODS We reviewed the literature to identify reliable information regarding epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, evaluation and differential diagnosis,

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the apocrine sweat glands. Although the mainstay of surgical treatment is excision, the disease has a high tendency to recur, for reasons that are not well understood. We sought to better characterize the natural history of this

Hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic, disabling, suppurative disease characterized by deep tender subcutaneous nodules; complicated by fibrosis and extensive sinuses affecting primarily the apocrine gland bearing areas. It affects all races in early 20s with greater prevalence seen in women (3 to

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is an inflammatory follicular skin disease. It usually presents as recurrent, deep nodules in flexural apocrine gland bearing areas. It appears mainly in women, in the second and third decade of life. OBJECTIVE To present 2 cases of patients with prepuberal

An obese woman aged 18 years had been suffering for several years from axillary hidradenitis suppurativa. Repeated incision and drainage never gave lasting results and the patient became socially isolated. Hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic suppurative inflammation of skin areas containing

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic disease manifested by recurrent abscesses, sinus tracts and scarring. It arises most commonly, however, not exclusive from apocrine gland bearing skin. This review article sets out to clarify the importance of early diagnosis, the pathogenesis and aetiology