title: Plasma cell cheilitis.
abstract: Plasma cell cheilitis is a rare inflammatory disorder of the lip with a characteristic band-like infiltrate of plasma cells in the upper dermis. Differential diagnosis should consider allergic/irritant contact cheilitis, candidiasis, syphilis, Queyrat's erythroplasia, granulomatous cheilitis, plasmoacanthoma, plasmacytoma, squamous cell carcinoma and exfoliative or factitious cheilitis. We observed plasma cell cheilitis in a 60-year-old Caucasian female who had a partial response to topical steroids and oral griseofulvin.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, Hospital Geral Santo António, OPorto, Portugal. dermat@sapo.pt
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mota
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Horta
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Massa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sanches
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002613:Cheilitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006118:Griseofulvin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010950:Plasma Cells; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D013256:Steroids; D006118:Griseofulvin