High and discordant prevalences of clinical and sonographic enthesitis in patients with hidradenitis suppurativa.

High and discordant prevalences of clinical and sonographic enthesitis in patients with hidradenitis suppurativa. Br J Dermatol. 2020 Apr 15;: Authors: van Straalen KR, Boeren AMP, Wervers K, Prens E, Vis M Abstract The prevalence of spondyloarthritis (SpA) reported among patients with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) ranges from 2.3 to 28.2 %, depending on the diagnostic method used.1 A key feature of SpA and one of the European Spondyloarthropathy Study Group (ESSG) diagnostic criteria for this group of diseases is enthesitis; inflammation at insertion of tendons, ligaments, and capsules. However, pain at an entheseal site is non-specific and does not always indicate inflammation. PMID: 32294241 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The British Journal of Dermatology - April 14, 2020 Category: Dermatology Authors: van Straalen KR, Boeren AMP, Wervers K, Prens E, Vis M Tags: Br J Dermatol Source Type: research