Hunger, RobertRobertHungerLaffitte, EmanuelEmanuelLaffitteLäuchli, SeverinSeverinLäuchliMainetti, CarloCarloMainettiMühlstädt, MichaelMichaelMühlstädtSchiller, PeterPeterSchillerLapointe, Anne-KarineAnne-KarineLapointeMeschberger, PascalePascaleMeschbergerNavarini, Alexander AAlexander ANavarini2024-10-252024-10-252017https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/handle/20.500.12422/157689Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a painful, inflammatory, debilitating skin disease with a chronic intermittent course. The central pathogenetic event seems to be the occlusion of the hair follicle. HS has a 1-year prevalence of about 1%. It typically presents after puberty with painful, deep-seated, inflamed lesions in the apocrine gland-bearing areas of the body: most commonly the axillae, inguinal, and anogenital regions. HS has a high negative impact on patients' quality of life even in patients with only limited disease burden, and the diagnosis of HS is often made with a long diagnostic delay. In this practical short version we present diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations which are based on a systematic literature search as well as an informal expert consensus of Swiss dermatologists and dermatosurgeons.enAcne inversa Diagnosis Hidradenitis suppurativa Pathogenesis Recommendations Treatment600 - Technology::610 - Medicine & healtharticle10.7892/boris.1102332868344710.1159/000477459