Vol.95 No.7 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 95 No. 7 July 2002
Cheilitis Granulomatosa; Report of Two Cases
Takashi Masaki, Toyota Ishii and Takako Nakayama
(National Sagamihara Hospital)
Isao Hoshino
(Gyouda General Hospital)
Yoshinari Ito
(Yokohama Red Cross Hospital)
We report two cases of cheilitis granulomatosa. A 38-year-old female and a 45-year-old male presented with swelling of the lower lip. Neither case included the three symptoms of Melkerson-Rosenthal syndrome, which is characterized by swelling of lip, facial paralysis and plicated tongue. Both patients were treated successfully with oxatomide. Sarcoidosis, Crohn's disease, angioedema had to be considered in the differential diagnosis.
Key words : cheilitis granulomatosa, Melkerson-Rosenthal syndrome, oxatomide