HistoryThis section has been translated automatically.
von Volkmann, 1870; Unna, 1890; von Baelz, 1890
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Rare, bacterial (staphylococci), purulent infection of the mucosal glands which open in the area of the lip hem and the lower lip mucosa.
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Clinical featuresThis section has been translated automatically.
Significant edematous cheilitis; distinct painfulness of the entire lip; on pressure, evacuation of a purulent mucous secretion, ulceration and encrustation of the lips.
TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.
After the inflammation has subsided, the glandular tissue in the lip region is removed in strips (vermillonectomy).
Internal therapyThis section has been translated automatically.
ß-lactamase-resistant penicillins such as Dicloxacillin (e.g. InfectoStaph) 4 times/day 0.5-1 g over 1 week.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Michalowski R (1946) Cheilite glandulaire suppurée en surface au maladie de Baelz. Acta dermato-venereologica (Stockholm) 27: 31-38
- Rogers RS 3rd, Bekic M (1997) Diseases of the lips. Semin Cutan Med Surg 16: 328-336
- Sutton RL (1909) Cheilitis glandularis apostematosa (with case report). J Cutan Dis 27: 151-154
- Sutton RL (1914) The symptomatology and treatment of three common diseases of the vermilion border of the lip. Int Clin 3: 123-128
- Unna PG (1890) On diseases of the mucous glands of the mouth. M-books practical Derm 11: 317-321
- by Baelz E (1890) On diseases of the mucous glands of the mouth. M-books prakt Derm 11
- by Volkman R (1870) Some cases of Cheilitis glandularis apostematosa (Myxadenitis labialis). Virchows Arch Catholic Anat 50: 142-144
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