Dissecting cellulitis of the scalp (perifolliculitis abscedens et suffodiens, Hoffman disease, dissecting folliculitis, follicular occlusion triad)
Are You Confident of the Diagnosis? Perifolliculitis abscedens et suffodiens was first described by Spitzer in 1903 and then aptly so named by Hoffmann in 1908. The first American reports were by Wise and Parkhurst in 1921. Though Gray noted the complementary appearance of acne conglobata and perifolliculitis in 1931, it was not until Kierland…