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CHEILITIS GLANDULARIS PROGRESSING TO SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA IN AN HIV-INFECTED PATIENT: CASE REPORT
Abstract
SUMMARY
Cheilitis glandularis (CG), is a rare inflammatory minor salivary gland disease
affecting the lower lip. The hallmarks of which include progressive enlargement and
eversion of the lower labial mucosa resulting in the obliteration of the mucosalvermillion
interface. A case is presented of a 47-year-old HIV-infected woman who
initially manifested clinical features of CG with a typical histopathology picture of
a non-specific sialadenitis while a second biopsy performed six months later revealed
well differentiated squamous cell carcinoma (S C C). She is symptom free one year
following excision and radiotherapy treatment.
Cheilitis glandularis (CG), is a rare inflammatory minor salivary gland disease
affecting the lower lip. The hallmarks of which include progressive enlargement and
eversion of the lower labial mucosa resulting in the obliteration of the mucosalvermillion
interface. A case is presented of a 47-year-old HIV-infected woman who
initially manifested clinical features of CG with a typical histopathology picture of
a non-specific sialadenitis while a second biopsy performed six months later revealed
well differentiated squamous cell carcinoma (S C C). She is symptom free one year
following excision and radiotherapy treatment.
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