Periorificial dermatitis in children: an update and description of a child with striking features

Background  Perioral dermatitis is a relatively important and often enigmatic type of eczema.
Methods  We describe a child with this disorder and review our experience and the literature.
Results  Clinical features of perioral dermatitis in our patient and in many others decribed elsewhere show a high prevalence of perinasal and periocular involvement alongside perioral findings.
Conclusions  Perioral dermatitis is more suitably termed periorificial dermatitis.