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Hidradenite supurativa

Última revisión: 28 Sep 2025
Última actualización: 07 Jan 2022

Resumen

Definición

Anamnesis y examen

Principales factores de diagnóstico

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • doença recorrente
  • resposta insatisfatória à antibioticoterapia prévia
  • comedões abertos nas áreas intertriginosas (axila, virilha, períneo ou região inframamária)
  • nódulos ou abscesso
  • distribuição simétrica
  • tratos sinusais com cicatrização
Todos los datos

Otros factores de diagnóstico

  • piora pré-menstrual
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Factores de riesgo

  • obesidade
  • sexo feminino
  • tabagismo
  • história familiar positiva
  • Afro-americanos
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Pruebas diagnósticas

Pruebas diagnósticas que deben considerarse

  • cultura bacteriana
  • biópsia de pele
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Algoritmo de tratamiento

Agudo

abscesso agudo

En curso

leve (estágio I de Hurley)

moderada (estágio II de Hurley)

grave (estágio III de Hurley)

Colaboradores

Autores

David Cassarino, MD, PhD

Consultant Dermatopathologist

Southern California Permanente Medical Group

Los Angeles Medical Center

Los Angeles

CA

Disclosures

DC declares that he has no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

Dr David Cassarino would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Robert A. Lee, the previous contributor to this topic.

RAL declares that he has no competing interests.

Peer reviewers

David R. Adams, MD, PharmD

Associate Professor of Dermatology

Penn State Hershey Medical Center

Hershey

PA

Disclosures

DRA declares that he has no competing interests.

Ravi Ubriani, MD, FAAD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Dermatology

Columbia University

New York

NY

Disclosures

RU declares that he has no competing interests.

Andrew Carmichael, MB, BS

Consultant Dermatologist

James Cook University Hospital

Middlesbrough

UK

Disclosures

AC declares that he has no competing interests.

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References

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Key articles

Kim WB, Sibbald RG, Hu H, et al. Clinical features and patient outcomes of hidradenitis suppurativa: a cross-sectional retrospective study. J Cutan Med Surg. 2016;20:52-57.Full text  Abstract

Martorell A, García-Martínez FJ, Jiménez-Gallo D, et al. An update on hidradenitis suppurativa (part I): epidemiology, clinical aspects, and definition of disease severity. Actas Dermosifiliogr. 2015;106:703-715.Full text  Abstract

Sabat R, Jemec GBE, Matusiak Ł, et al. Hidradenitis suppurativa. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2020 Mar 12;6(1):18. Abstract

Martorell A, García FJ, Jiménez-Gallo D, et al. Update on hidradenitis suppurativa (part II): treatment. Actas Dermosifiliogr. 2015;106:716-724.Full text  Abstract

Kimball AB, Okun MM, Williams DA, et al. Two phase 3 trials of adalimumab for hidradenitis suppurativa. N Engl J Med. 2016;375:422-34.Full text  Abstract

Ingram JR, Woo PN, Chua SL, et al. Interventions for hidradenitis suppurativa. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015;(10):CD010081.Full text  Abstract

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