ABSTRACT
We present the rare case of a 47-year-old patient, suffering from cheilitis granulomatosa and lupus erythematosus discoid: this association is really exceptional because only once reported in English literature. In addition, the treatment of cheilitis granulomatosa is a challenge for the dermatologist: the gold standard, represented by steroids, is in fact designed as a short-time option. Our report confirms the good efficacy of methotrexate as a steroid-sparing agent.
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Dermatologic Agents/therapeutic use , Lupus Erythematosus, Discoid/drug therapy , Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome/drug therapy , Methotrexate/therapeutic use , Biopsy , Dermis/pathology , Humans , Lip/pathology , Lupus Erythematosus, Discoid/pathology , Male , Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome/pathology , Middle Aged , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
We present the rare case of a 47-year-old patient, suffering from cheilitis granulomatosa and lupus erythematosus discoid: this association is really exceptional because only once reported in English literature. In addition, the treatment of cheilitis granulomatosa is a challenge for the dermatologist: the gold standard, represented by steroids, is in fact designed as a short-time option. Our report confi rms the good efficacy of methotrexate as a steroid-sparing agent.
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