Letter to the Editor

Two Cases of Hidradenitis Suppurativa Treated with Adalimumab at the Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Clinical Hospital Mostar

Ivona Lovrić ; Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Clinical Hospital Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jelena Brkić ; Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Clinical Hospital Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Matea Ćorluka ; Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Clinical Hospital Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Marina Čović ; Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Clinical Hospital Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jelena Pejić ; Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Clinical Hospital Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jasna Zeljko Penavić ; Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Clinical Hospital Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory
skin disease primarily affecting apocrine
gland-rich areas of the body and presenting with
painful nodules, abscesses, sinus tracts, and scarring
(1). HS is a defect of the follicular epithelium; some
have therefore called for the naming the disease acne
inversa instead of hidradenitis suppurativa. The term
acne inversa links the pathogenesis to acne and reflects
the fact that it is an expression of follicular occlusion
in localizations inverse to acne vulgaris (2).

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Hrčak ID:

274478

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/274478

Publication date:

11.5.2021.

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