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This image depicted a frontal view of the lower half of a patient’s face, who had exhibited symptoms of a vitamin B2, riboflavin deficiency, which is also referred to as ariboflavinosis. One of the more characteristic symptoms of this riboflavin deficiency, is the presence of what is known as angular stomatitis, which causes fissures, or cracks to develop at the corners of the sufferer’s mouth.

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