[Hidradenitis suppurativa].
BACKGROUND
Hidradenitis suppurativa is an inflammatory, chronic and recurrent disease of appocrine glands, located in inguinal, axillar, perineal, perianal areas and scalp.


OBJECTIVE
To determine the frequency and therapeutic management.


METHODS
A retrospective, transverse, and descriptive study was carried out. All patients with hidradenitis suppurativa, and who were managed by the Coloproctology Unit from the Gastroenterology Service of the General Hospital of Mexico City from January 1995 to December 2004, were included.


RESULTS
We reviewed 12,689 files and identified 15 patients (0.12%) with hidradenitis suppurativa; nine fulfilled inclusion criteria.


CONCLUSIONS
This is a complex disease with a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge.
Charúa-Guindic
Luis
L
Unidad de Coloproctología, Servicio de Gastroenterología, Hospital General de México, Dr. Balmis 148, Col. Doctores, 06720 México, D.F., México. luischarua@hotmail.com
Maldonado-Barrón
Rebeca
R
Avendaño-Espinosa
Octavio
O
Navarrete-Cruces
Teresita
T
Osorio-Hernández
Rosa Martha
RM
Jiménez-Bobadilla
Billy
B
D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D017497:Hidradenitis Suppurativa / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies