Perlèche

A peculiar contagious disease of the mouth occurring in children It consists in a thickening and desquamation of the epithelium at the angles of the mouth, with occasionally the formation of small fissures, giving rise to a smarting sensation in the lips The disease is probably microbic in origin

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