Essential dermatitis
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Essential dermatitis is an idiopathic
inflammation of the skin that does not fit the picture of other well defined conditions (such as atopic
or contact dermatitis
) and is a diagnosis of exclusion.
Idiopathic
Idiopathic is an adjective used primarily in medicine meaning arising spontaneously or from an obscure or unknown cause. From Greek ἴδιος, idios + πάθος, pathos , it means approximately "a disease of its own kind". It is technically a term from nosology, the classification of disease...
inflammation of the skin that does not fit the picture of other well defined conditions (such as atopic
Atopic dermatitis
Atopic dermatitis is an inflammatory, chronically relapsing, non-contagious and pruritic skin disorder...
or contact dermatitis
Contact dermatitis
Contact dermatitis is a term for a skin reaction resulting from exposure to allergens or irritants . Phototoxic dermatitis occurs when the allergen or irritant is activated by sunlight....
) and is a diagnosis of exclusion.