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Angular StomatitisAka: Cheilosis, Perleche
- Also See
- Angular Cheilitis
- Signs
- Softening or cracking and fissuring at commissure
- Associated with erythema and crusts
- Etiologies
- Underlying systemic disease
- Riboflavin deficiency
- Over-closure of mouth without teeth or with dentures
- Complications
- Secondary infection with Candida (perleche) or bacteria
Angular cheilitis (C0221237)
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| Concepts | Disease or Syndrome (T047)
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| ICD9 | 528.5, 686.8 |
| English | Angular cheilitis, Angular cheilosis, Angular stomatitis, Angular stomatitis and cheilitis, Intertrigo labialis, Perl@che, Perlèche, PERLECHE |
| Spanish | estomatitis angular, intertrigo labial, perlèche, perleche, queilitis angular, queilitis comisural, queilosis angular |
| Credits | Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)
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