Atopic Cheilitis: clinic, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, treatment, prevention

Abstract

Atopic cheilitis (AC) is a hereditary disease with a chronic recurrent course, which changes in dynamics according to the age of patients, which leads to significant difficulties in timely diagnosis. AC is a peculiar local manifestation of atopic dermatitis or neurodermatitis. Here is described the clinic of AC according to the classification of age-related phases of the disease. The diagnostic criteria by which the diagnosis is made are given. A thorough differential diagnosis of AC with lip diseases similar in individual symptoms was carried out.