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Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar
On-line version ISSN 1561-3046
Abstract
GIL AGRAMONTE, Eneyda et al. Perifolliculitis Capitis Abscedens Diseases: Hoffman's suffodiens. Rev Cub Med Mil [online]. 2005, vol.34, n.2, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-3046.
A patient that began to have lesions that supurated and formed abscesses in the scalp, leaving areas of alopecia in small plaque, was reported. Antibiotics of wide spectrum were used, and antibiotic ointments were locally applied. Regression of the lesions and complete recovery were attained. It is considered a rare disease of the scalp.
Keywords : Perifolliculitis abscedens capitis.