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