PubMed · 6930075
Cheilitis glandularis.
Abstract
A case of cheilitis glandularis simplex occuring in a 65-year-old white man is presented. The condition is characterized by an everted lower lip, with enlarged labial salivary glands secreting a clear, thick mucus. A history of sun exposure, dry atrophic lip, and histologic findings of epithelial dysplasia, sclerosed glands, markedly dilated ducts, chronic inflammation, and basophilic degeneration of collagen indicate a solar etiology. Surgical excision by vermilionectomy gave excellent results. A high incidence of severe epithelial dysplasia and squamous cell carcinoma associated with cheilitis glandularis indicate surgery as the treatment of choice.
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I D Oliver, A B Pickett. 1980. Cheilitis glandularis.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-4220(80)90077-8
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