Exfoliative Cheilitis as a Manifestation of Factitial Cheilitis

Exfoliative cheilitis: report of a case.

Exfoliative cheilitis, one of a spectrum of diseases that affect the vermilion border of the lips, is uncommon and has no known cause. However, factors such as stress and some psychiatric conditions are associated with the onset of the disease. This condition is disabling because esthetics and normal functions such as eating, speaking and smiling are compromised. The lack of specific treatment ...

exfoliative cheilitis: a case report

conclusions although treatment of ec in the present study had considerable success in the short-term follow-up, it should be noted, due to the unknown of the exact cause, no specific treatment or protocol has still been identified. introduction exfoliative cheilitis (ec) is a rare chronic inflammatory condition affecting the vermillion border of the lips and characterized by excessive productio...

Dermoscopic features of plasma cell cheilitis and actinic cheilitis.

Angular cheilitis: a maligned condition.

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Granulomatous cheilitis mimicking angioedema.

E16 CUTIS WWW.CUTIS.COM To the Editor: Granulomatous cheilitis (GC), also known as Miescher cheilitis, belongs to a larger class of diseases known as orofacial granulomatoses (OFGs), a set of diseases distinguished by their clinical and pathologic features of facial edema and granulomatous inflammation.1-3 Granulomatous cheilitis, a monosymptomatic variant of a more extensive disease known as M...