Granulomatous Cheilits: A Rare Entity
Published: 2021-09-02
Page: 110-113
Issue: 2021 - Volume 4 [Issue 1]
Farhana Tahseen Taj *
Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, KLE Academy of Higher education and research, Belgaum – 590010, Karnataka, India.
Srujana Adabala
Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, KLE Academy of Higher education and research, Belgaum – 590010, Karnataka, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Granulomatous cheilitis (GC) also known as Miescher cheilitis, is a rare chronic inflammatory idiopathic disorder of lips characterized by painless swelling of lips and was first described by Meischer in 1945. Wiensenfeld described it as non caseating granulomatous inflammation without any systemic cause and termed it as Oro facial granulomatosis (OFG). We hereby wish to present this rare entity, the mode of presentation and its various treatment modalities.
Keywords: Cheilitis, granulomatous cheilitis, melkerson rosenthal syndrome