Squamous cell carcinoma arising in Verneuil's disease.
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.
Ben
Achour Jamel
AJ
Department B of Surgery. Charles Nicolle's Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
Bouasker
Ibtissem
I
Najah
Haythem
H
Zribi
Hazem
H
Bedoui
Riadh
R
Guesmi
Fethi
F
Hani
Mohamed Aziz
MA
Nouira
Ramzi
R
Zoghlami
Ayoub
A
Najah
Nabil
N
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