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What is your approach to diagnosis and treatment to intermittent cheilitis that does not respond to anti fungal therapy?

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Dermatology · Duke Health

Clinical features matter. The differential is broad: granulomatous cheilitis, contact dermatitis, irritant dermatitis, lichen planus, and I have even seen SCLE present with cheilitis. Biopsy during a flare can be helpful even if only to rule out some possibilities, and a 3mm punch typically heals qu...

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