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Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic, inflammatory skin disease whose identification hinges upon characteristic lesion morphology, anatomic location, and a recurrent, chronic clinical course. The meaning of ‘hidradenitis suppurativa’ gives multiple clues to its clinical presentation. ‘Hidraden-’ refers to sweat glands, and although the disease is no longer thought to be a disease of apocrine glands, the disease distribution mimics that of apocrine gland bearing skin; ‘-itis’, referring to inflammation; and ‘suppurativa’, or pus, another key clinical sign of this disease.
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Porter, M.L., Kimball, A.B. (2017). Clinical Presentation of Hidradenitis Suppurativa. In: Kimball, A., Jemec, G. (eds) Hidradenitis Suppurativa. Adis, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50594-7_2
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