Dissecting cellulitis of the scalp

Orpha code: 345OMIM code: 260910

Definicja

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
Klasyfikacja

Disease

Kod ORPHA
345
Kod OMIM
260910
Kod ICD10
L66.3
Kod ICD11
-

No additional description.

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