RESUMO
Dissecting cellulitis is an inflammatory, chronic, and recurrent disease of the hair follicles that mainly affects young Afro-descendent men. Trichoscopy is a method of great diagnostic value for disorders of the scalp. Clinical and trichoscopic findings of dissecting cellulitis are heterogeneous and may present features common to non-cicatricial and scarring alopecia. This article presents the trichoscopic findings of dissecting cellulitis that help in the diagnosis and consequent institution of the appropriate therapy and better prognosis of the disease.
Assuntos
Celulite (Flegmão)/diagnóstico por imagem , Celulite (Flegmão)/patologia , Dermoscopia/métodos , Folículo Piloso/diagnóstico por imagem , Folículo Piloso/patologia , Dermatoses do Couro Cabeludo/diagnóstico por imagem , Dermatoses do Couro Cabeludo/patologia , Dermatopatias Genéticas/diagnóstico por imagem , Dermatopatias Genéticas/patologia , Eritema/diagnóstico por imagem , Eritema/patologia , Cabelo/diagnóstico por imagem , Cabelo/patologia , HumanosRESUMO
Abstract Dissecting cellulitis is an inflammatory, chronic, and recurrent disease of the hair follicles that mainly affects young Afro-descendent men. Trichoscopy is a method of great diagnostic value for disorders of the scalp. Clinical and trichoscopic findings of dissecting cellulitis are heterogeneous and may present features common to non-cicatricial and scarring alopecia. This article presents the trichoscopic findings of dissecting cellulitis that help in the diagnosis and consequent institution of the appropriate therapy and better prognosis of the disease.
