Open AccessCheilitis glandularis progressing to squamous cell carcinoma in and HIV-infected patient: Case Report
Author(s) -
Fawzia Butt,
ML Chindia,
Farah Rana,
A. Ashani
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
east african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 0012-835X
DOI - 10.4314/eamj.v84i12.9597
Subject(s) - medicine , histopathology , basal cell , biopsy , minor salivary glands , sialadenitis , radiation therapy , lower lip , pathology , dermatology , salivary gland , surgery
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 mucosal-vermillion 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 (SCC). She is symptom free one year following excision and radiotherapy treatment.