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Preferred term

Hidradenitis Suppurativa  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Entry terms

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

In other languages

  • French

  • Hidradénite suppurée
  • Hidradenitis Suppurativa
  • Idrosadénite suppurée
  • Maladie de Verneuil

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-QF25G402-4

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