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Angular cheilitis, part 2: nutritional, systemic, and drug-related causes and treatment

Cutis. 2011 Jul;88(1):27-32.

Abstract

Angular cheilitis (AC) is associated with a variety of nutritional, systemic, and drug-related factors that may act exclusively or in combination with local factors. Establishing the underlying etiology of AC is required to appropriately focus treatment efforts.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cheilitis / diagnosis
  • Cheilitis / etiology*
  • Cheilitis / therapy*
  • Drug Eruptions / complications
  • Humans
  • Malnutrition / complications