Acta dermatovenerologica Croatica : ADC
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Acta Dermatovenerol Croat · Dec 2016
Case ReportsBoils at Frictional Locations in a Patient with Hidradenitis Suppurativa.
Dear Editor, Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic, recurrent, inflammatory skin disease. The primary clinical presentation are painful inflamed nodules or boils of inverse areas, i.e. the axillary and anogenito-crural regions, but it can also involve the infra- and inter-mammary regions (1,2). The etiology of HS is not clearly defined. ⋯ The chest is an atypical HS location free of apocrine sweat glands. It is postulated that these lesions may have been induced by mechanical stress, additionally triggered by the pro-inflammatory state of the obese body. Patients are encouraged to avoid friction from environmental factors such as tight clothing.