title: Perioral dermatitis with epithelioid cell granulomas in a woman: a possible new etiology.
abstract: Perioral dermatitis, a distinctive clinical entity yet of obscure etiology, is not uncommonly seen among Saudi middle-aged females. A case of a 30-year-old woman with a perioral lupoid micropapular erythematous eruption is described. Histopathological examination showed evidence of granulomatous sarcoidal reaction similar to that described by Gianotti et al. (3), Gianotti (2), and Georgouras & Kocsard (1). Synthetic acrylic fibre meshes widely used by Arabian women to cover their faces, are considered in the etiology of this eruption.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000150:complications*; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009055:Mouth; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D013784:Textiles