BACKGROUND The present study was directed to evaluate the forms of oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC) and their correlation with CD4+ cell counts in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study carried out for a 2-year period, in which quantitative data collection methods were used. 50 patients with HIV infection w...

Background: Actinic cheilitis, herpes labialis and lip cancer are relatively common conditions presenting on the lips associated with exposure to periods of sun thereby ultraviolet radiation. Objective: This systematic review aimed determine efficacy application sunscreen-containing lip-protecting agents (LPA) in prevention actinic cheilitis (AC), recurrent (RHL) (LC). Methods: was conducted ac...

Dr. A.J. Kanwar, House No. 431, Sector 35 A, Chandigarh (India) We read with great interest the article by Rudzki et al. [1]. The authors evaluated the frequency and significance of major and minor clinical features of atopic dermatitis (AD) as proposed by Hanifin and Rajka [2] in 481 patients. All 4 major features were present in 717%% and 3 major features in only 28.3% of patients. However, 9...

A 29-year-old man, suffering from dry skin, who had a brother with rhinoconjunctivitis, was referred to us by a private dermatologist in January 2016 because of erythematous and scaly lips, which had been almost continuously present for >8 years. The eruption had started at both corners of the mouth, but gradually spread to the entire upper and lower lips. At consultation, we also observed eryt...

The successful treatment by riboflavin of a number of cases of superficial keratitis was described in two previous papers (Aykroyd and Verma, 1942; Verma, 1942). In the course of this work it was observed that a number of patients with superficial keratitis, associated with angular stomatitis and other signs of riboflavin deficiency, were also suffering from angular conjunctivitis, and that the...

Orofacial granulomatosis (OFG) is an uncommon disease, usually presenting as recurrent or persistent swelling of the soft tissues in the orofacial region, predominantly lips (cheilitis granulomatosa). The cause of this illness is unknown. OFG may also be part of the triad of Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome (MRS) and some consider it a monosymptomatic form of MRS. We describe a case of a Croatian ...