Macrocheilia is a swelling of one or both lips. It may be due to a range of conditions.
Differential diagnosis of macrocheilia includes:
(1) cheilitis granulomatosis
(2) cheilitis glandularis
(3) angioedema
(4) plasma cell gingivitis with cheilitis
(5) Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome (MRS)
(6) mycobacterial disease (tuberculosis, leprosy)
(7) deep fungal infection
(8) orofacial herpes
(9) Crohn's disease
(10) sarcoidosis
(11) amyloidosis
(12) arteriovenous malformation/hemangioma
(13) lymphangioma
(14) injection of an aesthetic tissue filler
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Specialty: Otolaryngology
