Links: Dermis.net-An Online Dermatology Atlas

January 5, 2007


The best online dermatology atlas I have come across is dermIS.net.  The site originates from Germany and includes an excellent, easily searchable database with terrific pictures and clinical information. The most useful feature of the site however is the differential diagnosis list which appears next to the pictures that are displayed.  So if you have an educated guess what the rash you're looking at is, then you can easily review similar rashes and quickly compare and contrast them to your original diagnosis. Then you can make the fancy diagnosis, sound smart to your patient and colleagues, and then give your patient the usual topical steroid cream…

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