Two Cases of Cheilitis Exfoliativa.

Cheilitis Glandularis: Two Case Reports of Asian-Japanese Men and Literature Review of Japanese Cases

Cheilitis glandularis (CG) is a rare disorder characterized by swelling of the lip with hyperplasia of the labial salivary glands. CG is most frequently encountered in the lower lip, in middle-aged to older Caucasian men; however Asian cases were rarely reported. In this paper we present two cases of CG in Asian-Japanese men. One was a 23-year-old male with CG of the superficial suppurative typ...

Granulomatous Cheilitis: Successful Treatment of Two Recalcitrant Cases with Combination Drug Therapy

Granulomatous cheilitis is a rare, idiopathic, inflammatory disorder which usually affects young adults. It is characterized by persistent, diffuse, nontender, soft-to-firm swelling of one or both lips. Various treatment modalities have been suggested. In spite of the best treatment, recurrence of the disease is very common. We report two cases of granulomatous cheilitis treated with a combinat...

Clinicopathological profile and management of 161 cases of actinic cheilitis*

BACKGROUND Actinic cheilitis (AC) is a potentially malignant disorder of the lip caused by chronic exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the clinical, demographic, morphological and therapeutic management in AC cases data associating to the histopathological grading. METHODS Demographic, clinical and management data of 161 patients with AC were analyzed. In ...

Dermatitis Exfoliativa Neonatorum

cases of pemphigus neonatorum. The following case, which came under my observation only a few days ago, supplies the text for this paper:? A Hindu male infant, twelve days old, suddenly developed patches of diffuse redness over the face and neck. On the next day the trunk got affected, and there were large blebs here and there, the temperature rising above 103?F. The day after the extremities w...

Minocycline in granulomatous cheilitis: experience with 6 cases.