Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome. persistent unilateral reddened facial swelling in the area of the right cheek and the right upper lip in a 50-year-old woman. There were also severe headaches.
Pyoderma: acute, painful raised areas filled with yellow fluid (pustules) with central hair and surrounding erythema; isolated and aggregated follicular pustules in staphylococcal infection of the skin (follicular pyoderma).
Rhagade in chronic actinic cheilitis: A deep, narrow, elongated defect of the lower lip which has existed for several weeks and is covered with crusts.
Syphilis acquisita:painless, very coarse primary effect of the upper lip, 3 weeks after suspicious sexual contact. Considerable firm swelling of the upper lip. Clear, non-painful adenopathy of the submandibular lymph nodes.
tinea barbae. 64-year-old patient. 12 weeks of itching to moderately painful, well defined, pillow-like raised, purulent, highly red lump in the middle of the upper lip, which now covers the entire lip. evacuation of pus under pressure. the hairs enclosed by a pus plug can be epilated almost painlessly.
tinea barbae. high red, itchy and also aching plaque, existing for several months, blurred on the sides, interspersed with multiple follicular pustules and papules. moderate induration of the entire upper lip. inflammatory reddened plaques with papules and pustules also on the chin and cheeks.
Systemic lupus erythematosus: persistent, light-provocable, deep red plaques in the face of a 22-year-old female patient; detailed view with depiction of red lips (affected) and perioral region.
angioedema. swelling of the lower lip and the right hand in a 57-year-old man occurred within a few minutes. persistent for 2 hours, no itching, only a feeling of tension. recurrent swelling attacks (interval of 14-28 days) for 6 months. 8 months ago change of the hypertension medication to ACE inhibitors.
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