Dissecting cellulitis of the scalp

Definition

Dissecting cellulitis of the scalp is a rare chronic suppurative dermatosis of the scalp that mainly affects black men and that is characterized by multiple painful inflammatory follicular and perifollicular nodules, pustules, and abscesses that interconnect via sinus tracts and eventually result in scarring alopecia.

Disease data

Classification

Disease

ORPHA code

345

OMIM code

260910

ICD10 code

L66.3

ICD11 code

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