Perleche, Dermatitis, Contact Irritant, Dermatitis, Lip Licker's - DermAtlas

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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

perleche dermatitis, contact irritant dermatitis, lip licker's

Body Site

mouth lip vermillion/ vermilion border

Age

5 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

periorificial

Color

brown red

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric periorificial

Comments

This healthy 5-year-old girl was an avid lip licker. She also admitted to picking at the corners of her mouth. The eruption improved with frequent applications of petrolatum.

Description

circumoral scaling and erythema with maceration and erosions of the oral commissures

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11/9/2003 23:37:51

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