dissecting cellulitis of the scalp
MONDO:0009848Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names dissecting cellulitis of the scalp yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
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.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0009848), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
7 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Abnormal hair morphologyHPOHP:0001595
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- CellulitisHPOHP:0100658
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- EdemaHPOHP:0000969
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- PruritusHPOHP:0000989
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Recurrent skin infectionsHPOHP:0001581
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Scalp tendernessHPOHP:0100809
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Subcutaneous noduleHPOHP:0001482
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of