DERMATITIS

ANUSHA
MANALI
FEATURES ATOPIC INTERTIGINOUS SEBORRHEIC

SITE Varies according to age,
Infancy: more acute,
involves face, scalp and
extensor of extremities.
Older: lichenification and
localization to flexural
folds.
CHARACTER OF Acute: pruritic,
LESIONS erythematous papules with
excoriation, vesicles.
Chronic: lichenification
thickened skin and
accentuated skin markings,
fibrotic papules. All stages
dry, lack luster skin.
SECONDARY Seen
INFECTIONS
Seen in body folds: Infant: Hairy scalp most affected,
side of neck, intertriginous folds, center of face,
axillae, sub- chest and neck.
mammary region, Extension beyond hair-line, retro-
umbilicus, genito- auricular folds, pinna and neck.
crural folds, inter- Adults: scalp, eye-brows, nasolabial
digital, friction folds, retroauricular, sternum and
areas shoulder blades.
Macerated, Oily looking, thick, often fissured,
superficial erythematous
erythematous
eruption
Seen Seen
FEATURES ATOPIC INTERTIGINOUS SEBORRHEIC

USUALLY SEEN IN Childhood Obese, excessive Childhood

sweating, sweat
retention, wetting
of hands, Diabetics

CAUSE Immunological triggers: Heat, friction and Increased sebum production,

foods, aeroallergens,
microbial products, auto-
allergens