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MARVIN E. CHERNOSKY, MD

Arch Dermatol. 1966;93(3):332-337.

Abstract
To determine the relationship between perlèche and vertical dimensions of the face, the facial measurements of 347 adult patients were taken. The group with significantly decreased vertical facial dimensions had an incidence of perlèche approximately nine times that of the group with normal measurements.

A decreased vertical dimension produces inward folding of the skin at the corners of the mouth. This forms a salive-containing sulcus frequently seen in patients with perlèche. Causes for decreased vertical dimension are reviewed.

Author Affiliations
HOUSTON

From the Department of Dermatology, Baylor University School of Medicine and Hermann Hospital, Houston.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 29, 1965.

Read before the Section on Dermatology at the 114th Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association, New York, June 20-24, 1965.

Reprint requests to 834 Hermann Professional Bldg, Houston 77025.

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