title: Squamous cell carcinoma arising in Verneuil's disease.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Verneuil's disease or hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic suppurative, and cicatricial inflammatory disease, mainly affecting apocrine-bearing area of the skin. Squamous cell carcinoma is an uncommon but a frightening complication of hidradenitis suppurativa.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To report a new case of squamous cell carcinoma arising in Verneuil's disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  We reported a case of 60 year old man with a 30 years history of hidradenitis suppurativa in which squamous cell carcinoma arise. A wide surgical excision removing the tumour and leaving a large defect was performed. The patient had a well recovery, wounds healed well by primary intention. No recurrence observed at 18 months of follow up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Squamous cell carcinoma is an uncommon complication of hidradenitis suppurativa. Surgical excision represents also the treatment of choice.
authors.affiliation: Department B of Surgery. Charles Nicolle's Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Achour Jamel
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Ben
authors.forename: Ibtissem
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bouasker
authors.forename: Haythem
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Najah
authors.forename: Hazem
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zribi
authors.forename: Riadh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bedoui
authors.forename: Fethi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guesmi
authors.forename: Mohamed Aziz
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hani
authors.forename: Ramzi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nouira
authors.forename: Ayoub
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zoghlami
authors.forename: Nabil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Najah
mesh_terms: D001005:Anus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D017497:Hidradenitis Suppurativa / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery