Visual Diagnosis: An Adolescent Male With Severe Facial Swelling and Scalp Infection
November 2015
in “
Pediatrics in review
”
TLDR The boy had severe facial swelling and scalp infection after using his mother's shampoo.
In 2015, a case study was presented about a 15-year-old African American boy who experienced severe facial swelling and scalp infection after using his mother's shampoo. The symptoms, which included intense pruritus and purulent scalp drainage, began a few hours after washing his hair and worsened over the next two days. He was initially treated with clindamycin, griseofulvin, ibuprofen, and diphenhydramine, but his condition deteriorated overnight. Upon examination at the dermatology clinic, he showed significant tenderness and pruritus over the vortex and anterior scalp. The document does not provide further information on the diagnosis or treatment outcome.
