Multiple lesions of the lip exhibiting the "Jadassohn phenomenon". Review of the literature and report of a case.
The clinical and microscopic features of multiple, superficial lesions of the lip and adjacent mucosa in an elderly woman are reported. The lesions had been present for many years apparently without symptoms. A histologically confusing picture gave rise to diagnostic problems. Characteristic nests of basaloid cells were present at all levels of the acanthotic epithelium together with microcysts, horn pearls and squamous cell eddies. Review of the literature revealed no previous report on similar lesions of the oral mucosa and it is suggested that the lesions closely coincide with the Jadassohn type of intra-epidermal epithelioma.
D000368:Aged; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology