BACKGROUND The most common adverse effects of oral isotretinoin are cheilitis, skin dryness, dry eyes, and conjunctivitis, whereas evening primrose oil (EPO) is known to improve skin moisture and transepidermal water loss (TEWL) in healthy adults and atopic patients. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of EPO in preventing xerotic cheilitis in acne patients being treated wi...

We report a case of a 19-year-old girl who presented with 5-year history of swelling of upper lip and fissured tongue treated with dapsone then oral steroids without any improvement. Clinical examination found peripheral facial nerve paralysis and Labial mucosa biopsy showed non-necrotizing giganto-epithelioid granuloma. Diagnosis of Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome was retaind because of associat...

results and conclusion: lasers are useful for soft tissue surgery in modern dentistry, especially in relation to pediatric patients due to the rapid and regular wound healing without sutures. introduction: epulis granulomatosa is a lesion which grows from an extraction socket. it can be misdiagnosed with lesions of the same clinical appearance such as: foreign body or pyogenic granuloma, or as ...

mejoría. Acudió a consulta, con esta sintomatología, y debido al tamaño y la localización lateral de las úlceras, se le realizó biopsia de las mismas; el estudio histopatológico reportó la presencia de células gigantes tipo Langhans e intensa reacción granulomatosa (figs. 2 y 3), la prueba de PCR fue positiva para tuberculosis, se realizó tinción de Ziehl-Neelsen, la cual resultó positiva para ...

Actinic cheilitis is an oral potentially malignant disorder caused by UV radiation leading to damage epithelial keratinocytes of the lips. It predominantly affects vermillion border lower lip. Due its association with chronic exposure, associated risk factors include geographic areas, outdoor occupations, and skin subtypes. A high proportion lip squamous cell carcinomas arise from actinic lesio...