Open AccessDevelopment of New Lesions of Hidradenitis Suppurativa on a Caesarean Section Scar: A Manifestation of the Koebner Phenomenon?
Author(s) -
Efthimia Agiasofitou,
Theodora Kanni,
Eftychia Platsidaki,
Vassiliki Tzanetakou,
Stamatis Gregoriou,
Dimitrios Rigopoulos,
George Kontochristopoulos
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
skin appendage disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2296-9195
pISSN - 2296-9160
DOI - 10.1159/000505821
Subject(s) - hidradenitis suppurativa , medicine , apocrine , dermatology , caesarean section , pathogenesis , surgery , pathology , disease , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic, inflammatory, recurrent skin disorder of the hair follicle. Trauma, mechanical pressure, or friction could have an important role in the pathogenesis of HS. We present a patient with HS who developed new HS lesions shortly after a cesarean section, which could be explained by the Koebner phenomenon. Koebnerization in HS has recently been observed in patients in whom new lesions developed at an ectopic location free from apocrine glands as a result of trauma. More studies need to be conducted to shed light on the possible relation between HS and surgical trauma. Avoidance of external trauma could be included in general measures of HS treatment.