Granulomatous Cheilitis Preceding Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Crohn's Disease.

We describe a 20-year-old male with no significant medical history who presented with a 1-month history of painless upper and lower lip edema initially treated with antibiotics for suspected cellulitis before arriving to the clinic. After a failed response to that treatment, a lip biopsy was eventually performed and consistent with a diagnosis of granulomatous cheilitis. In addition to oral and topical corticosteroids and tacrolimus, the patient adopted the cinnamon- and benzoate-free diet with some improvement of his lip swelling.

Clear cell papulosis: report and review.

A 12-month-old boy presented with three months of asymptomatic hypopigmented flat-topped papules on the suprapubic skin and lower abdomen. Emollients and topical steroids offered no improvementand the patient was referred to the dermatology department. Shave biopsy revealed a papillated epidermis with scattered solitary mononuclearclear cells at all levels of the epidermis and an overlying basket weave orthokeratosis.