Diseases

Hidradenitis Suppurativa

A chronic suppurative and cicatricial disease of the apocrine glands occurring chiefly in the axillae in women and in the groin and anal regions in men. It is characterized by poral occlusion with secondary bacterial infection, evolving into abscesses which eventually rupture. As the disease becomes chronic, ulcers appear, sinus tracts enlarge, fistulas develop, and fibrosis and scarring become evident.

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A chronic suppurative and cicatricial disease of the apocrine glands occurring chiefly in the axillae in women and in the groin and anal regions in men. It is characterized by poral occlusion with secondary bacterial infection, evolving into abscesses which eventually rupture. As the disease becomes chronic, ulcers appear, sinus tracts enlarge, fistulas develop, and fibrosis and scarring become evident.

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  • Acne Inversa
  • Hidradenitides, Suppurative
  • Hidradenitis, Suppurative
  • Suppurative Hidradenitides
  • Suppurative Hidradenitis
  • Acne Inversas
  • Inversa, Acne
  • Inversas, Acne

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Previous Indexing

  • Hidradenitis (1992)
  • Sweat Gland Diseases (1976-1991)
  • Sweat Glands (1966-1975)

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  1. C01w.150.252w.819.420w
  2. C01w.800w.720.420w
  3. C01w.830.499w
  4. C17.800w.838w.765.420w
  5. C17.800w.946.315w.320w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hidradenitis Suppurativa. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017497. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017497
  2. Hidradenitis Suppurativa. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidradenitis_suppurativa
  3. Hidradenitis Suppurativa. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q341999