Ethylliac facies F10.2

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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Definition
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Changes in facial skin in patients with chronic alcohol consumption. See also alcohol and skin changes.

Clinical features
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  • The facial image of the chronic alcoholic is not the same. In this respect, the term "facies ethylica" is forbidden from a differential diagnostic perspective. However, some features or particular courses of disease can be observed which indicate chronic, excessive alcohol consumption.
  • Red, diffuse facial swelling, partly with telangiectasia in the cheek and nose area (see below facial swelling). Intensification of constitutive rosacea, possibly with rhinophyma formation. Blepharochalasis, reddened conjunctiva and thickening of the eyelid margin as well as pale yellowish (pale) to grey-red skin colour (especially with regular consumption of high-percentage spirits).

Therapy
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Therapy of the underlying disease.

Literature
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  1. Vogl A et al (2005) Skin and alcohol. J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 3: 788-790

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020