title: [Hidradenitis suppurativa].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Coloproctología, Servicio de Gastroenterología, Hospital General de México, Dr. Balmis 148, Col. Doctores, 06720 México, D.F., México. luischarua@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Charúa-Guindic
authors.forename: Rebeca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maldonado-Barrón
authors.forename: Octavio
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Avendaño-Espinosa
authors.forename: Teresita
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Navarrete-Cruces
authors.forename: Rosa Martha
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Osorio-Hernández
authors.forename: Billy
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Bobadilla
mesh_terms: 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