Multiple verrucous squamous cell carcinomas developing on chronic hidradenitis suppurativa lesions—a rare case report from Romania

Abstract

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is an uncommon, recurrent, inflammatory skin illness of the apocrine glands, with a questionable etiology. The disease is associated with a multitude of comorbidities, of which the appearance of malignancy is the most important. Squamous cell carcinoma is considered the most frequent malignancy that can appear in HS. A case report of a 72 years-old male is presented, who suffered over 40 years from persistent, extensive hidradenitis suppurativa in stage Hurley III, on the buttocks and perianal region, who recently presented two verrucous semi-consistent, skin-colored tumors on the right buttock. The biopsy and histopathological exam confirmed a verrucous type of squamous cell carcinoma. There are about 100 reported clinical cases of squamous cell carcinoma complicating hidradenitis suppurativa in the literature, but only a few describe a verrucous carcinoma as a clinical form. The particularity of the case is the rare appearance of multiple verrucous types of squamous cell carcinomas in a male patient, in Hurley Stage III, with a long HS disease duration, appearing on the perianal/gluteal region, being the first case report in our country. We suggest that a tumor screening should be done for all the patients with HS who have these risks.