title: Hidradenitis suppurativa: retrospective study of 20 cases.
abstract: In this study, twenty cases of severe hidradenitis suppurativa are reported, mainly in non-white people and in axillary areas. Wide surgical excision has offered good results, although relapses have occurred at variable intervals in the follow-up period.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Department of Dermatology, Hospital Universitario Clementino Fraga Filho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. nurimarfernandes@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Nurimar Conceição
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: Camilla Pimentel A
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Franco
authors.forename: Cíntia Maria O
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Lima
mesh_terms: D001050:Apocrine Glands / Q000601:surgery*; D001365:Axilla; D005260:Female; D017497:Hidradenitis Suppurativa / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome