Perlèche (overview) Images

Perlèche: age-related involution of the lips. distinct cheilitis actinica. discrete bilateral (toxic-degenerative) dermatitis of the corners of the mouth, due to permanent moisture formation in the areas of the corners of the mouth that lie on top of each other here. the corners of the lips that lie on top of each other act like communicating "liquid channels" that draw saliva outwards.

Perlèche: Chronic macerative dermatitis in age-involuted lips with superimposed lips and hypersalivation

Perlèche: Severe chronic cheilitis (in atopic diathesis) with inflammation of both sides of the mouth.

Pearl. Detail

Perlèche. discreetly reddened plaques with mild erosions and scaling (Cheilitis atopica). central rhagade formation in the area of the lower lip and both corners of the mouth.

Pearlèche (overview): Chronic pearlèche in Cheiitis granulomatosa.

Perlèche. whitish, erosive papules in the area of the right corner of the mouth with deep reaching rhagades and beginning ulceration in an HIV-infected patient with oral candidosis. Extended, whitish, strippable coatings in the area of the oral cavity.