| gangrenous cellulitis | Infection of soft tissue with anaerobes, usually including clostridia, producing extensive tissue necrosis. Synonym: necrotizing cellulitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cellulitis | <dermatology> An acute, diffuse, spreading, oedematous, suppurative inflammation of the deep subcutaneous tissues and sometimes muscle, which may be associated with abscess formation. It is usually caused by infection of an operative or traumatic wound, burn or other cutaneous lesion by various bacteria, but group A streptococci and Staphylococcus aureus are the most common aetiological agents. Cellulitis may also occur in immunocompromised hosts or it may follow erysipelas. It tends to spread to tissue spaces and cleavage planes owing to bacterial elaboration of large amounts of hyaluronidases that, break down polysaccharide ground substance, fibrinolysins that digest fibrin barriers and lecithinases that destroy cell membranes. Clinical manifestations include an area of oedema, warmth and tenderness with indistinct margins. Compare: erysipelas. (13 Nov 1997) |
| pelvic cellulitis | <medicine> Inflammation of the cellular tissue in the vicinity of the uterus. Origin: NL. See Para-, and Metritis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ringworm of scalp | <dermatology> A fungal scalp infection with a crusting and scaly lesion of the scalp that can also be associated with localised hair loss. Treatment requires oral (systemic) antifungal medications. (10 Jan 1998) |
| phlegmonous cellulitis | An obsolete term for diffuse phlegmon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pilar tumour of scalp | A solitary tumour of the scalp in elderly women that may ulcerate; microscopically resembles squamous cell carcinoma composed of glycogen-rich clear cells, but is benign. Synonym: proliferating tricholemmal cyst. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scalp | 1. That part of the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair. "By the bare scalp of Robin Hodd's fat friar, This fellow were a king for our wild faction!" (Shak) 2. A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, cut or torn off from an enemy by the Indian warriors of North America, as a token of victory. 3. The top; the summit. Scalp lock, a long tuft of hair left on the crown of the head by the warriors of some tribes of American Indians. Origin: Perhaps akin to D. Schelp shell. Cf. Scallop. 1. To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of. 2. <surgery> To remove the skin of. "We must scalp the whole lid [of the eye]" (J. S. Wells) 3. To brush the hairs of fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling. Origin: Scalped; Scalping. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| scalp contusion | A bruise to the scalp with no internal damage. Features include scalp swelling (scalp haematoma) and tenderness that is often difficult to distinguish from skull fracture. (27 Sep 1997) |
| scalp haematoma | <surgery> A collection of blood in the soft tissues adjacent the skull. A frequent finding in those with a scalp contusion. (06 Mar 1998) |
| scalp hair | A hair of the head. Synonym: capillus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scalp infection | An infection external to the galea; e.g., folliculitis or cellulitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scalp laceration | A tear of the dermis or underlying tissues and galea aponeurotica of the scalp. (05 Mar 2000) |
| scalp muscle | <anatomy> Composed of the epicranial aponeurosis and the muscles inserting into it, i.e., the occipitofrontalis musculus and temporoparietalis musculus. Synonym: musculus epicranius, epicranial muscle, scalp muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| necrotizing cellulitis | Synonym: gangrenous cellulitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dissecting cellulitis | perifolliculitis abscedens et suffodiens |