DDx of Spongiotic Dermatitis

 

    • Conventional spongiotic dermatitis:
      • Allergic contact dermatitis
      • Irritant contact dermatitis
      • Atopic (endogenous) dermatitis
      • Nummular dermatitis
      • Dyshidrotic eczema (pompholyx)
      • Id reaction
      • Seborrheic dermatitis
      • Stasis dermatitis
      • Spongiotic drug eruption
      • Erythroderma
      • Pityriasis rosea
      • Pityriasis alba
      • Photoallergic contact dermatitis
      • Polymorphous light eruption
      • Arthropod bites
      • Gyrate/figurate erythemas
      • Dermatophyte infection
      • Transient acantholytic dermatosis
      • Pigmented purpuric dermatitis
      • Papular and urticarial eruptions of pregnancy
    • Eosinophilic spongiosis:
      • Pemphigus group
      • Bullous pemphigoid
      • Allergic contact dermatitis
      • Spongiotic drug eruptions
      • Infestations
      • Cutaneous larva migrans
      • Arthropod bites
      • Incontinentia pigmenti
      • Eosinophilic folliculitis
    • Follicular spongiosis:
      • Atopic dermatitis
      • Pityriasis alba
      • Contact dermatitis
      • Infundibulofolliculitis
      • Follicular mucinosis
      • Fox-fordyce disease
    • Miliarial spongiosis:
      • Miliaria

 

References:

    • Barnhill 2004