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The incised and drained abscesses prior to the administration of antibiotic therapy
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The impression at this time was one of hidradenitis suppurativa (Fig 1).  
Histology slides: granulomatous inflammation with central necrosis (40x magnification; left) and granuloma in the centre of the picture and caseation in the bottom right (200x magnification; right)
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The histology was reported as 'chronic inflammation with multinucleate giant cells along with foci of caseating necrosis surrounded by granulomas' (Fig 2).
The healed abscesses after surgical debridement and antibiotics therapy
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The wound had healed completely (Fig 3).