Year: 2015
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic, recurrent inflammatory disease affecting the cutaneous apocrine glands and resulting in their obstruction [1].This enigmatic disease causes recurrent episodes of infection, edema, scarring, and fibrosis of surrounding tissues.We present the unusual case of a 58-year-old white male with fifteen years of hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) complicated by the occurrence of penoscrotal elephantiasis.
Source: Journal of Case Reports
Institutions: Hôpital Sahloul, Hidradenitis Suppurativa Foundation
Language: English
Subfield: Dermatology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W238094419