Hidradenitis suppurativa

Hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic, recurrent inflammatory skin condition characterized by follicular occlusion and immune-mediated inflammation within apocrine gland–bearing areas It primarily affects postpubertal individuals—most commonly young adult women—and typically manifests in intertriginous body sites such as the axillae, inguinal creases, perineum, and inframammary folds Pathophysiologically, hyperkeratosis leads to follicular occlusion, rupture, and subsequent tissue inflammation, ...

Hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic, recurrent inflammatory skin condition characterized by follicular occlusion and immune-mediated inflammation within apocrine gland–bearing areas

It primarily affects postpubertal individuals—most commonly young adult women—and typically manifests in intertriginous body sites such as the axillae, inguinal creases, perineum, and inframammary folds Pathophysiologically, hyperkeratosis leads to follicular occlusion, rupture, and subsequent tissue inflammation, producing painful deep-seated nodules, abscesses, draining sinus tracts, and extensive fibrotic scarring

It primarily affects postpubertal individuals—most commonly young adult women—and typically manifests in intertriginous body sites such as the axillae, inguinal creases, perineum, and inframammary folds

Pathophysiologically, hyperkeratosis leads to follicular occlusion, rupture, and subsequent tissue inflammation, producing painful deep-seated nodules, abscesses, draining sinus tracts, and extensive fibrotic scarring