305. Periocular dermatitis- How to perform diagnostics? What are your differentials?

Send me a derm question or story through text or voicemail! Periocular dermatitis can occur for a multitude of reasons. The first step is to figure out if the eye itself is involved or not. Once we know the eye is healthy, it is time to figure out why the SKIN AROUND the eye is losing hair, crusty, itchy, etc. It is important to return to the basic diagnostics. Cytology can be sampled with tape (if the lesion is dry) or swab (if the lesion is wet) to not risk damaging the eye. A trichogram can be used instead of a skin scrape to also protect the eye from a scalpel blade! Anything that can cause folliculitis to other areas of the skin can impact the periocular dermatitis. Allergies, mites, dermatophytosis, pyoderma, yeast dermatitis, autoimmune diseases and neoplasia can cause lesions. Dive into the details on this week's episode of The Derm Vet podcast! Timestamps 00:00 Intro 03:00 Periocular Dermatitis 05:21 Cytology Techniques 06:45 Allergies and Facial Pruritus 08:20 Demodex 12:00 Biopsy 13:20 Neoplasia 16:00 Outro

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305. Periocular dermatitis- How to perform diagnostics? What are your differentials? is an episode from The Derm Vet Podcast by Ashley Bourgeois, DVM, Dip ACVD.

This episode is 16:28 long.

This episode was published on Jan 1, 2026.

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