title: Pyoderma gangrenosum, acne, suppurative hidradenitis (PASH) and polycystic ovary syndrome: Coincidentally or aetiologically connected?
abstract: The clinical triad of pyoderma gangrenosum, acne conglobata and hidradenitis suppurativa has been named PASH syndrome. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is associated with hyperandrogenism and inflammation. Hidradenitis suppurativa, like acne vulgaris, may be a feature of hyperandrogenism. Obesity may be associated with both hidradenitis suppurativa and PCOS. We describe a possible association between PASH syndrome and PCOS.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Dermatovenereology, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia.|Department of Dermatovenereology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Dubravka
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zivanovic
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Dermatovenereology, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Iva
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Masirevic
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ruzicka
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Braun-Falco
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Dermatovenereology, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia.|Department of Dermatovenereology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Milos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nikolic
mesh_terms: D000152:Acne Vulgaris / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D017497:Hidradenitis Suppurativa / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D017511:Pyoderma Gangrenosum / Q000150:complications*; D013577:Syndrome
keywords: 
  PCOS
  ; PASH syndrome; autoinflammatory diseases; hidradenitis suppurativa; pyoderma gangrenosum