Abstract

JARAMILLO, PA Chacón et al. Characterization of hidradenitis suppurativa on a Colombian dermatological center, 2016-2019. Rev. argent. dermatol. [online]. 2022, vol.103, n.1, pp.21-30.  Epub Feb 01, 2022. ISSN 1851-300X.  http://dx.doi.org/3.

Background: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease. It is related to different factors that could increase the severity, but some are not well known or are controversial. Given its high social impact and quality of life impairment and the lack of epidemiological studies in Colombia, we described disease variables in patients with HS treated at a colombian dermatological center.

Methods: A descriptive and retrospective study was carried out in a dermatological center in Bogota. Data were collected from medical records from January 2016 to December 2019. We analyzed age, sex, boy mass index (BMI), hypertension, pre-monthly relationship, family history of HS, acne presence, severity and lesion locations.

Results: Of 24 patients, 18 were women. The median age was 30 years . The BMI median was 22,8 Kg/m². The 25% of cases were smoker, 12,5% had arterial hypertension, 25% had family history of HS, 20.8% had coexistence with acne. Also, 38.9% of women reported worsening symptomatology of HS in the premenstrual period. The most common location was the armpit (58.3%). Hurley stage I was the most frequent (41.7%).

Conclusions: This is the first epidemiological study in Colombia and one of the few published in Latinamerica. We are facing a chronic disease with a frequently delayed diagnosis, which is difficult to treat and affects quality of life. Is important to do an early intervention to improve the prognosis. Further studies are needed about HS main characteristics.

Keywords : Hidradenitis suppurativa; Colombia; epidemiology; concomitant conditions.

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