Open AccessSpectrum of lip lesions in a tertiary care hospital: An epidemiological study of 3009 Indian patients
Author(s) -
Shivani Bansal,
Sana Shaikh,
Rajiv S. Desai,
Irfan Ahmad,
Pavan Puri,
Pooja Prasad,
Pankaj M. Shirsat,
Dipali Gundre
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian dermatology online journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-5673
pISSN - 2229-5178
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5178.202280
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , lower lip , dermatology , herpes labialis , epidemiology , population , family history , biopsy , disease , dentistry , pathology , surgery , virus , environmental health , virology , herpes simplex virus
Large-scale population-based screening studies have identified lip lesions to be the most common oral mucosal lesions; however, few studies have been carried out to estimate the prevalence of lip lesions exclusively. The aim of present study is to highlight the diversity of lip lesions and determine their prevalence in an unbiased Indian population.