Angular cheilitis

Scaling of skin, erythema, pruritus, altered hair growth Dry mucous membranes, cheilitis, angular stomatitis, gingivitis, glossitis... 

Angular cheilitis presents with small cracking lesions, erythema, and soreness at the corners of the mouth associated with vitamin and iron deficiency... 

Hypersensitivity to any component monotherapy in primary bacterial infections such as impetigo, paronychia, erysipelas, cellulitis, angular cheilitis, erythrasma (clobetasol), treatment of rosacea, perioral dermatitis, or acne use on the face, groin, or axilla (very high or high potency agents) ophthalmic use. 

Riboflavin vitamin Bf) deficiency results in local seborrheic dermatitis that may be limited to the face and scrotum. Other symptoms of ariboflavinosis include angular stomatitis, cheilitis, and glossitis. Specific ocular... 

Glucagon infusions in the treatment of tumor-induced hypoglycemia can cause adverse effects comparable to the effects of a glucagonoma (hyperglycemia, necrolytic migratory erythema, weight loss, anemia, angular cheilitis, and venous thrombosis), as reported in three patients (10). 

A 38-year-old woman developed erythematous dermatitis, in a skin biopsy consistent with necrolytic migratory erythema, and angular cheilitis, which disappeared after withdrawal of glucagon infusion after 2 months. 

After 5 months of glucagon treatment a 38-year-old man developed an erythematous scaly rash and angular cheilitis, which subsided dramatically after withdrawal of the glucagon. 

Indications Angular cheilitis, Bacterial infections, Ocular infections... 

Angular cheilitis cracks occurring at the corners of the mouth that become inflamed and macerated. It is most common in elderly denture wearers. 

Angular cheilitis Patients with HIV, denture wearers Painful red, ulcerative, cracking or Assuring lesion at one or both comers of the mouth due to inflammatory reaction usually lesions are small and rather punctate, but occasionally may extend in a linear fashion from the angles onto the facial skin. 

As with dental nonprecious alloys, many reports have been made of lingual lesions, injuries of the oral mucosa in the form of stomatitis, cheilitis, tissular hypertrophy, oral redness, dryness, and angular stomatitis, without predse knowledge of the etiol-... 

Allergic reactions to lime peel have also been reported after topical exposure. Such was the case for a 52-year-old woman with a history of eczema and eyelid dermatitis who presented with angular cheilitis after having developed a habit of sucking on the limes in her gin and tonic for up to a minute after finishing the drink (Thomson et al. 2007). 

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