Dermatitis is a very common group of disorders characterized by inflammation affecting the epidermis associated with pruritus. It may be acute, subacute, or chronic. In this section you will find information on seborrheic dermatitis, asteatotic eczema (eczema craquelé), stasis dermatitis, disseminated eczema, nummular eczema, human T-cell lymphotropic virus-associated infective dermatitis, infectious eczematous dermatitis, dyshidrotic eczema (hand dermatitis), juvenile plantar dermatosis, and diaper dermatitis. Atopic dermatitis is covered in a separate module on the website.

In this learning module, you will find a key point review on various eczematous disorders (excluding atopic dermatitis) focused on epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, differential diagnosis and management.

To test your knowledge, we refer you to the associated quiz (short answer format questions) and clinical vignettes simulating OSCE examinations. We hope you find this module useful and if you choose to submit new questions or vignettes to increase the content of this module or post comments on how we can improve this module for your learning, we look forward to them.

Please select how you would like to proceed below:

1. Bolognia, J., Cerroni, L., & Schaffer, J. V. (2018). Dermatology.
2. Photo courtesy of DermNet NZ.