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cheilitis

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Noun1.cheilitis - inflammation and cracking of the skin of the lips
inflammation, redness, rubor - a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat

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[7] Findings can include diffuse and painful swelling of the lips, fissured lips, cobblestoned buccal mucosa, gingival redness and hypertrophy, linear ulcerations, mucosal tags, and angular cheilitis.
The signs of clinical candidiasis usually include white pseudomembraneous plaques and patches (thrush), erythematous lesions or occasionally angular cheilitis.
In clinical studies of ERBITUX, dermatologic toxicities, including acneform rash, skin drying and fissuring, and inflammatory and infectious sequelae (eg, blepharitis, cheilitis, cellulitis, cyst) were reported.
 
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