Abstract | BACKGROUND:
Hidradenitis suppurativa is one of the follicular occlusion diseases favoring the flexural areas of the body. Because of the past failure of medical therapy, surgery is today the definitive therapeutic approach. There is a need for effective medical anti-inflammatory therapy to control the disease and minimize the pathologic and socioeconomic consequences of the disease process. Generally the patients fail to respond to topical or systemic antibiotics and retinoids. Temporary responses are achieved with intralesional steroids and cyclosporin. METHODS: RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS:
Infliximab appears to be an effective medical approach to the management of hidradenitis suppurativa and also to prepare the patient for "curative" surgery. However, one must be cognizant of the potential of acquired drug resistance or adverse drug reactions, which can be minimized by "no vacations" from this systematic therapy and the use of methotrexate to minimize the above potential problems.
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Authors | Samuel L Moschella |
Journal | International journal of dermatology
(Int J Dermatol)
Vol. 46
Issue 12
Pg. 1287-91
(Dec 2007)
ISSN: 0011-9059 [Print] England |
PMID | 18173525
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
- Infliximab
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Topics |
- Adult
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
(therapeutic use)
- Crohn Disease
(complications)
- Female
- Genitalia
(pathology)
- Groin
(pathology)
- Hidradenitis Suppurativa
(complications, drug therapy, pathology)
- Humans
- Infliximab
- Infusions, Intravenous
- Lymphedema
(etiology)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pyoderma Gangrenosum
(complications, drug therapy)
- Skin
(pathology)
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
(antagonists & inhibitors)
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