Pruritic cheilitis. Six cases of a rarely seen benign lymphoplasia.
Six cases of an unusual form of cheilitis are reported, and it is proposed that this condition be named cheilitis of benign lymphoplasia. The chief complaint was of varying degrees of itching of the vermilion border. Histologically, the condition was characterized by a dense lymphocytic infiltrate with numerous lymphoid follicles containing well-differentiated germinal centers.
D000328:Adult; D002613:Cheilitis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011537:Pruritus / Q000473:pathology