Dermoscopic findings in a case of plasma cell cheilitis.
2022
Daniella Truffello, and
Carolina Cevallos, and
Claudio Escanilla, and
Pauline Morgan
Dermatology Resident, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Electronic address: daniella.truffello@usach.cl.
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MeSH Term
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D010950
Plasma Cells
Specialized forms of antibody-producing B-LYMPHOCYTES. They synthesize and secrete immunoglobulin. They are found only in lymphoid organs and at sites of immune responses and normally do not circulate in the blood or lymph. (Rosen et al., Dictionary of Immunology, 1989, p169 & Abbas et al., Cellular and Molecular Immunology, 2d ed, p20)
Inflammation of the lips. It is of various etiologies and degrees of pathology.
Cheilitides
D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D016559
Tacrolimus
A macrolide isolated from the culture broth of a strain of Streptomyces tsukubaensis that has strong immunosuppressive activity in vivo and prevents the activation of T-lymphocytes in response to antigenic or mitogenic stimulation in vitro.