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Although initially diagnosed as dissecting cellulitis, potassium hydroxide evaluation (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KOH<\/jats:styled-content> preparation) of the hair from the affected region was positive. A punch biopsy of the scalp demonstrated endothrix consistent with tinea capitis, but with a brisk, deep mixed inflammatory infiltrate as can be seen with chronic dissecting cellulitis. Fungal culture revealed <jats:italic>Trichophyton tonsurans<\/jats:italic>, and a diagnosis of inflammatory tinea capitis was made. The patient was treated over the course of 17\u00a0months with multiple systemic and topical antifungal medications, with slow, but demonstrable clinical and histopathological improvement. A rare diagnosis in adults, clinicians should have a high index of suspicion for this condition in an adult with an inflammatory scalp disorder not classic for dissecting cellulitis or with a <jats:italic>recalcitrant<\/jats:italic> dissecting cellulitis. 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