Epidemiology of hidradenitis suppurativa in Poland in relation to international data

Łukasz Matusiak; Andrzej Kaszuba; Dorota Krasowska; Waldemar Placek; Jacek Szepietowski

doi:10.5114/dr.2017.69945

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Dermatology Review/Przegląd Dermatologiczny

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Epidemiology of hidradenitis suppurativa in Poland in relation to international data

Łukasz Matusiak

,

Andrzej Kaszuba

,

Dorota Krasowska

,

Waldemar Placek

,

Jacek Szepietowski

Dermatol Rev/Przegl Dermatol 2017, 104, 377-384

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/dr.2017.69945

Online publish date: 2017/09/15

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Hidradenitis suppurativa (acne inversa) is a chronic, inflammatory, recurrent, debilitating disease of hair follicles manifested by painful, deepseated, inflamed lesions localized in intertriginous areas. Establishing a correct diagnosis seems straightforward enough, as it is based on clinical criteria, but a comparative analysis of published papers on hidradenitis suppurativa epidemiology easily reveals substantial discrepancies in the estimation of the obtained results for the general population. Data on the prevalence of hidradenitis suppurativa in European countries and in the United States of America differ by up to four orders of magnitude, ranging from 0.00033% to 4.1%. Based on data obtained from the Polish National Health Fund and HS reference centres, the prevalence of hidradenitis suppurativa in Poland was estimated at 0.001%, which classifies hidradenitis suppurativa as a rare disease.

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Epidemiology of hidradenitis suppurativa in Poland in relation to international data

Łukasz Matusiak , Andrzej Kaszuba , Dorota Krasowska , Waldemar Placek , Jacek Szepietowski

hidradenitis suppurativa, acne inversa, epidemiology, Poland

Łukasz Matusiak

,

Andrzej Kaszuba

,

Dorota Krasowska

,

Waldemar Placek

,

Jacek Szepietowski