High prevalence of clinical spondyloarthritis features in patients with hidradenitis suppurativa

To the Editor: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is associated with several comorbidities, including possibly spondyloarthritis.1 Spondyloarthritis is a group of interrelated chronic autoinflammatory rheumatic conditions.2 A spondyloarthritis diagnosis is based mainly on the presence of spondyloarthritis features, which includes spinal (axial) features sacroiliitis and spondylitis, peripheral features, such as peripheral arthritis, enthesitis, and dactylitis; and the extra-articular manifestations uveitis, psoriasis, and inflammatory bowel disease.

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