Endocrinology

Abstract

In 1986 Mortimer et al. [14] reported that hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) responded to treatment with the potent antiandrogen cyproterone acetate. They suggested that the disease could be androgen-dependent [8]. This hypothesis was also upheld by occasional reports of women with HS under antiandrogen therapy [18]. Actually, the androgen dependence of HS (similarly to acne) is only poorly substantiated.