Table 1. Differential diagnosis for Hidradentitis Suppurativa.
Abscesses |
Follicular pyodermas (furuncles, carbuncles) |
Chronic fungal infection (cutaneous blastomycosis, actinomycosis) |
Tuberculosis or other mycobacterial infection |
Granuloma inguinale |
Lymphogranuloma venereum |
Acne vulgaris/acne conglobata |
Inflamed/ ruptured epidermal cyst |
Pilonidal cyst |
Metastatic Crohn disease |
Pyoderma gangrenosum |