Hidradenitis Suppurativa Made Worse by Treatment of Breast Cancer (Radiation)

A JAAD Case Reports publication: click HERE for free full article (selected by Dr Christophe HSU, MD  – Dermatologist. Geneva, Switzerland)

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• Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS, Verneuil’s disease) affects up to 4% of the population in the United States. Indeed, a lot of women are ashamed to talk about this condition which often affects the genital area and the prevalence tends to be under estimated (0.05% according to other studies)
• The patient was treated with radiation therapy for in situ intra-ductular carcinoma of the breast. The flare of up lesions was contained in the area of radiation therapy.

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