Hidradenitis suppurativa: from pathogenesis to diagnosis and treatment

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Figure 1 Hidradenitis suppurativa pathophysiology: a schematic overview.

Abbreviations: TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α; IL, interleukin.

Figure 2 Hidradenitis suppurativa: clinical aspects.

Figure 3 Hidradenitis suppurativa: clinical aspects.

Table 1 Differential diagnosis of hidradenitis suppurativa

Differential diagnosis
Common abscess
Carbuncles
Furunculosis
Infected Bartholin’s gland
Inflamed epidermal cysts
Pilonidal cyst
Scrofuloderma
Actinomycosis
Lymphogranuloma venereum
Crohn’s disease