A Case of Hidradenitis Suppurativa Treated Effectively by Finasteride
April 2016
in “
Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology
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Studysummary Finasteride effectively treated hidradenitis suppurativa.
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This document contains four case reports of rare skin diseases. The first case is about a woman with atypical pyoderma gangrenosum, which was treated with systemic steroids, antimicrobials, and eventually infliximab and methotrexate. The second case is about a patient with familial multiple minute digitate hyperkeratosis, which improved with low dose acitretin and topical salicylic acid. The third case is about a man with fibroosseous pseudotumor of the digit, which was treated with excision and had no recurrence after 6 months. The fourth case is about a man with hidradenitis suppurativa, which was treated effectively with finasteride.
