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EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY
Volume 30, Issue 2, Pages 212-215Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/exd.14234
Keywords
connective tissue; hidradenitis suppurativa; koebner phenomenon; mechanical forces; striae distensae
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The mechanism behind the formation of localized patterns of inflammatory skin diseases such as Hidradenitis suppurtiva remains unclear, but it may be related to mechanical stress in intertriginous areas. The Koebner phenomenon describes the appearance of skin lesions following trauma, with striae distensae being a form of dermal scarring. The interaction between striae distensae and mechanical stress may provide a model for lesion development.
The mechanism by which inflammatory skin disease forms localized patterns of lesions is poorly understood. Hidradenitis suppurtiva (HS) is strikingly located to intertriginous areas. These areas are subject to considerable mechanical stress (friction, pressure and shear forces). Koebner phenomenon (KP) describes the appearance of typical skin lesions of a pre-existing dermatosis on previously clear skin following trauma, such as friction, pressure and more often penetrating injury with subsequent scarring. Striae distensae (SD) are a form of dermal scarring and can be considered as a form of inflammation-driven dermal disarray. Ectopic HS lesions may occur as KP due to trauma and locally increased susceptibility consisting of either altered mechanical qualities or inflammation. SD and mechanical stress may thus provide a model for the development of lesions. In the absence of an (animal) model or experiment, two patients are described who show HS (-like) lesions along co-localized with SD. The suggested two-hits model may be necessary for the development of KP in HS, that is that the general susceptibility, conferred by obesity, requires a local susceptibility factor to result in ectopic lesions. Ultimately, if ectopic HS lesions are considered true HS lesions it may be speculated that similar interaction occurs in the naturally stressed skin areas offering a possible explanation of the localized pattern of the disease.
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