Idiopathic Orofacial Granulomatosis with Varied Clinical Presentation

Table 2

Differential diagnosis of orofacial granulomatosis.

Disease	Features different to OFG
Crohn’s disease	Have illeal and/or rectal disease
Sarcoidosis	Pulmonary, cutaneuos, lacrimal, salivary, neurological, skeletal features
Allergic angioedema	Nonpitting oedema of lips, tongue, pharynx, face. History of atopic disease
Miescher’s cheilitis	Labial enlargement, similar histopathology to OFG
Melkerson-Rosenthal syndrome	Labial enlargement, fissuring of tongue, facial nerve palsy variant of OFG
Cheilitis glandularis	Labial enlargement with ulcers. Mild acute and chronic inflammation (without granuloma) within minor salivary glands of lip
Tuberculosis	Rarely lips. Usually contain caseating granuloma