title: Medical Infrared Thermography assistance in the surgical treatment of axillary Hidradenitis Suppurativa: A case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The purpose of this case report is to highlight for the first time the way Medical Infrared Thermography can be a helpful tool to assist the surgeon in the surgical treatment of Hidradenitis Suppurativa inflammatory disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 36-year-old man with a 7-year history of Hidradenitis Suppurativa presented inflammatory nodules in the left axilla area corresponding to Hurley stage II. Choice is made to surgically treat this patient using a wide excision protocol combined with a postoperative second intention healing. For the study purpose, an IR FLIR SC620 camera (FLIR Systems, Wilsonville, OR), having a high resolution pixel detector of 640×480 pixels for greater accuracy and higher resolution, has been used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For the first time in the literature, this case report on HS disease supports the idea that real-time medical infrared thermography may be helpful in establishing the true extent of disease preoperatively in the surgical room and in a similar manner, that this technique allows the surgeon to ensure all diseased lesions are removed during surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  At least, medical infrared thermography seems to be a powerful tool to control the final wide surgical wound, in order to minimize recurrence risk of such a disease.
authors.affiliation: GRESPI, EA 4694, Research Group in Engineering Sciences, University of Reims, Reims, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Polidori
authors.affiliation: Department of General, Digestive and Endocrine Surgery, Reims University Hospital, Reims, France.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Renard
authors.affiliation: GRESPI, EA 4694, Research Group in Engineering Sciences, University of Reims, Reims, France; Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Dendistry, Reims University Hospital, Reims, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lorimier
authors.affiliation: GRESPI, EA 4694, Research Group in Engineering Sciences, University of Reims, Reims, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pron
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Dendistry, Reims University Hospital, Reims, France; MEDYC, UMR CNRS 7369, Biophotonic and Technologies for Health Team, Reims, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Derruau
authors.affiliation: GRESPI, EA 4694, Research Group in Engineering Sciences, University of Reims, Reims, France. Electronic address: Redha.taiar@univ-reims.fr.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Taiar
keywords: Assisted surgical therapy; Hidradenitis Suppurativa; Infrared thermography