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DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Lacquer lips are a diagnostic sign, not an independent symptom of the disease. They are among the typical liver skin signs, as are patent tongue, spider naevi, palmar and plantar erythema, skin atrophy with telangiectasia, caput medusae and leukonychia (Herold 2017).
EtiologyThis section has been translated automatically.
Causes of lacquer lips can be:
- hepatic coma (Michels 2010)
- Liver cirrhosis
- Kawasaki syndrome (Soeder 2025)
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PathophysiologyThis section has been translated automatically.
Complex pathobiochemical reactions of the liver such as necrosis of the parenchymal cells, metabolic insufficiencies, fibrosis of the liver and cholestasis lead to the so-called liver skin signs (Renz 2026).
ClinicThis section has been translated automatically.
In medicine, glossy, conspicuously red lips are referred to as lacquer lips (Soeder 2025).
General therapyThis section has been translated automatically.
The treatment of lacquer lips consists of treating the underlying disease.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Herold G et al. (2017) Internal medicine. Herold Publishers 516, 537, 549
- Kasper D L, Fauci A S, Hauser S L, Longo D L, Jameson J L, Loscalzo J et al. (2015) Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. Mc Graw Hill Education
- Michels G, Kochanek M (2010) Review of internal intensive care medicine. Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 429
- Renz H (2026) Practical laboratory diagnostics. Walter de Gruyter Verlag Berlin / Boston 97
- Soeder J, Antwerpes F (2025) Lacklippen DocCheck Flexikon. Doi: https://flexikon.doccheck.com/en/Lacklippen
