title: Imaging of Hidradenitis Suppurativa.
abstract: Hidradenitis suppurativa is a complex disease of chronic evolution and difficult management. Imaging, particularly color Doppler ultrasound, has demonstrated a wide range of subclinical anatomic abnormalities, allowing modification of the clinical assessment of severity of the disease and therefore management of patients. Sonography supports early and more precise diagnosis and staging by providing critical objective information in real time. The richness of these data can also support assessment of the pathogenesis of the disease, allow monitoring of patients, and contribute to clinical trials. MRI can support the diagnosis of extensive anogenital and deep lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Department of Dermatology, Institute for Diagnostic Imaging and Research of the Skin and Soft Tissues, Clinica Servet, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. Electronic address: xworts@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ximena
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wortsman
mesh_terms: D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D018859:Hair Follicle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D017497:Hidradenitis Suppurativa / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012867:Skin / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
keywords: Dermatologic ultrasound; Hidradenitis MRI; Hidradenitis imaging; Hidradenitis staging; Hidradenitis suppurativa; Hidradenitis suppurativa color Doppler ultrasound; Hidradenitis suppurativa sonography; Hidradenitis suppurativa ultrasound; Inflammation ultrasound; Skin ultrasound