Cheilitis granulomtosa: Monosymptomatic orofacial granulomatosis. solitary, chronic, recurrent for months, clearly increased consistency, smooth swelling of the upper lip accompanied by a feeling of tension. no lingua plicata. no facial paresis.
Cheilitis granulomtosa: Monosymptomatic orofacial granulomatosis. solitary, chronic, recurrent for months, clearly increased consistency, smooth swelling of the upper lip accompanied by a feeling of tension. no lingua plicata. no facial paresis.
Cheilitis glandularis purulenta superficialis: severe, acutely occurring purulent cheilitis. no evidence of a herpes simplex infection. therapy with systemic cephalosporins. healing after 10 days.
Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome: initially variable, after a few months persistent, unilateral, reddened swelling and induration of the lower lip in a 62-year-old woman. Feeling of tension. No pain.
Differential diagnosis "Cheilitis actinica chronica" : in this case a lichen planus mucosae; especially on the left side the typical reticular (fine-meshed) whitish plaques are recognizable in the area of the red of the lips.
argyria (detail): localized argyria of the lip region and the oral mucosa. at higher magnification, the irregular, dark metal deposits in the area of the red of the lips are clearly visible (circle). on "normal" lip skin, this color tone is not produced by the horny layer of the skin.
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