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Surg Infect (Larchmt)
January 2025
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hedi-Chaker Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia.
Cureus
December 2024
Department of Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT), Nalanda Medical College and Hospital, Patna, IND.
Phaeohyphomycosis is a fungal infection caused by dematiaceous fungi that presents as a superficial, cutaneous, subcutaneous, or systemic infection. Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis is the most common manifestation and presents as a subcutaneous nodule or cystic lesions and abscesses. It usually results from traumatic implantation of the saprophytic fungus from soil and vegetative matter; therefore, the commonest sites of infection are the extremities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Surg Case Rep
January 2025
DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1611 NW 12th Ave, Miami, FL 33136, United States.
Colo-cutaneous fistulas are a rare complication of diverticular disease. Percutaneous drainage offers a promising alternative to surgical intervention in the management of complicated diverticular disease with abscess formation. Recent case studies and literature reviews support its efficacy in achieving abscess resolution and reducing the need for surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClin Exp Dermatol
December 2024
Dermatological Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Polytechnic Marche University, Ancona, Italy.
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory cutaneous disease characterized by recurrent painful nodules, abscesses and sinus tract on the apocrine gland-bearing skin. The role of sex hormones in the pathogenesis as well as the use of hormonal treatment in the management of HS is still debated. We performed a retrospective cohort study including 183 patients to assess the influence of combined estrogen-progestin oral contraceptive (COC) in HS onset and disease severity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol
December 2024
European Hidradenitis Suppurativa Foundation e.V., Dessau, Germany.
Introduction: This second part of the S2k guidelines is an update of the 2015 S1 European guidelines.
Objective: These guidelines aim to provide an accepted decision aid for the selection, implementation and assessment of appropriate and sufficient therapy for patients with hidradenitis suppurativa/acne inversa (HS).
Methods: The chapters have been selected after a Delphi procedure among the experts/authors.
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