Search for: [Abstract = "Aim\: The first aim of the study was to perform the epidemiological characteristics of patients affected by acne vulgaris \(AV\) and hidradenitis suppurativa \(HS\). Specifically, an attempt was made to determine the conditions accompanying AV in the Cracow’s population of patients, to distinguish specific features of the adult female acne subpopulation \(AFA\) and to assess the co\-existence of other autoinflammatory conditions associated with AV\/HS via a systematic review of the literature. The second aim was to evaluate the role of obesity, nicotinism, and inflammation in the pathogenesis of HS using an immunohistochemical analysis of expression of the selected protein markers in the skin of obese smokers \(OS\) compared to non\-obese and non\-smokers \(NN\). Material and methods\: The study was conducted at the Department of Dermatology, Jagiellonian University Medical College in Cracow, where a retrospective analysis of medical records of 354 patients with acne vulgaris was performed. The second part of the research was an immunohistochemical study on skin sections of 22 patients \(10 NN, 12 OS\) surgically treated for HS in Dessau, Germany at the Brandenburg Theodor Fontane Medical University, Department of Dermatology, Venereology, Allergology and Immunology. Formalin\-fixed, paraffinembedded skin sections were sliced with a microtome into 3.5\-micrometer cuts and then stained with antib"]
