RT Book, Section A1 Doherty, Gerard M. SR Print(0) ID 58110728 T1 Furuncle, Carbuncle, & Hidradenitis Suppurativa T2 Quick Answers Surgery YR 2010 FD 2010 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58110728 RD 2024/11/04 AB • Furuncles and carbuncles: Cutaneous abscess that begin in skin glands and hair follicles• Furuncles (boils) usually start in infected hair follicles, some caused by retained foreign bodies and other injuries• Infection can spread as cellulitis or form a subcutaneous abscess• Furuncles may take a phlegmonous form, ie, extend into the subcutaneous tissue, forming a long, flat abscess• Furuncles can be multiple and recurrent (furunculosis)• Carbuncle is a deep-seated mass of fistulous tracts between infected hair follicles• Staphylococci and anaerobic diphtheroids are most common organisms• Hidradenitis suppurativa is a serious skin infection of the axillae or groin consisting of multiple abscesses of the apocrine sweat glands