Massive Malignant Transformation in a Patient with Hidradenitis Suppurativa during Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor

Gabija Rudzikaitė1, Jorinta Jokubaitė, Dominykas Markevičius

  • 1In the Clinic of Infectious Diseases and Dermatovenereology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania, Gabija Rudzikaitė, MD, is Dermatovenereologist; Jorinta Jokubaitė, MD, is Resident Doctor in Dermatovenereology; and Dominykas Markevičius, MD, is Resident Doctor in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Justinas Pamedys, MD, is Surgical Pathologist, National Centre of Pathology Affiliated to Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Vilnius. Tadas Raudonis, MD, is Head, Centre of Dermatovenereology, Clinic of Infectious Diseases and Dermatovenereology, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University.

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