A Comprehensive Guide to Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Despite being a relatively straightforward clinical diagnosis, recognition of hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is highly variable, and clinical management is challenging and complex. Written by the world’s leading experts in HS, A Comprehensive Guide to Hidradenitis Suppurativa brings together up-to-date scientific evidence on the diagnosis, patho-mechanisms, comorbidities, and multi-faceted medical and surgical interventions for this debilitating condition-in one convenient reference. 

Table of Contents:

 Foreword
1 Historic Perspectives
2 Epidemiology
3 Clinical Manifestations and Phenotypes
4 Differential Diagnosis
5 Histopathology
6 Imaging Modalities
7 Clinical Evaluation
8 Comorbidities and Systemic Associations
9 Disease Complications
10 Follicular Occlusion and Inflammation
11 Microbiome
12 Genetics and Epigenetics
13 Disease Evaluation & Outcome Measures
14 Overview and Comparison of Management Guidelines
15 Topical Therapeutics
16 Systemic Antibiotics
17 Non-Antibiotic Systemic Therapeutics for HS
18 Targeted Therapeutics: Biologics, Small Molecules
19 Pain and Itch Control
20 Wound Care
21 Quality of Life
22 Office-Based Non-Excision Procedures
23 Surgical Excisions for Hidradenitis Suppurativa
24  Office-based excision for hidradenitis suppurativa: a surgeon's decades-long experience
25 Laser and Light-Based Treatments
26 Other Procedural Treatments
27 Lifestylesss Modifications
28 Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
29 Pediatrics
30 Skin of Color
31 Hidradenitis Suppurativa in Women
32 HS Action Plan
32 HS Multi-Disciplinary Approach
33 HS Support Groups
34 Pipeline Therapeutics
35 The Future