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Dissecting Cellulitis of the Scalp Early Diagnosed by Color Doppler Ultrasound

Dissecting cellulitis of the scalp (DC) is a chronic inflammatory condition of the scalp that ultimately leads to scarring alopecia. A healthy 19-year-old male presented with a solitary, soft, alopecic nodule that had appeared 1 year before. A color Doppler ultrasound examination showed a hypodermal...

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Autores principales: Cataldo-Cerda, Karina, Wortsman, Ximena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5655621/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29118517
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijt.ijt_2_17
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description Dissecting cellulitis of the scalp (DC) is a chronic inflammatory condition of the scalp that ultimately leads to scarring alopecia. A healthy 19-year-old male presented with a solitary, soft, alopecic nodule that had appeared 1 year before. A color Doppler ultrasound examination showed a hypodermal anechoic fluid collection in the left parietotemporal region of the scalp, connected to the base of widened hair follicles, and presented inner echoes suggestive of debris, as well as several fragments of hair tracts. A diagnosis of DC was made and an epidermal or trichilemmal cyst was ruled out. This case shows the importance of color Doppler ultrasound for supporting the diagnosis at an early stage or with an unusual presentation of DC.
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spelling pubmed-56556212017-11-08 Dissecting Cellulitis of the Scalp Early Diagnosed by Color Doppler Ultrasound Cataldo-Cerda, Karina Wortsman, Ximena Int J Trichology Update Dissecting cellulitis of the scalp (DC) is a chronic inflammatory condition of the scalp that ultimately leads to scarring alopecia. A healthy 19-year-old male presented with a solitary, soft, alopecic nodule that had appeared 1 year before. A color Doppler ultrasound examination showed a hypodermal anechoic fluid collection in the left parietotemporal region of the scalp, connected to the base of widened hair follicles, and presented inner echoes suggestive of debris, as well as several fragments of hair tracts. A diagnosis of DC was made and an epidermal or trichilemmal cyst was ruled out. This case shows the importance of color Doppler ultrasound for supporting the diagnosis at an early stage or with an unusual presentation of DC. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5655621/ /pubmed/29118517 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijt.ijt_2_17 Text en Copyright: © 2017 International Journal of Trichology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_short Dissecting Cellulitis of the Scalp Early Diagnosed by Color Doppler Ultrasound
title_sort dissecting cellulitis of the scalp early diagnosed by color doppler ultrasound
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5655621/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29118517
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijt.ijt_2_17
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