title: Lip-plug carcinoma and its management by modified Abbe flap.
abstract: From Tanzania 2 cases are reported, and reference made to a third, of carcinoma arising in the upper lip in relation to a lip-plug, a traditional wooden adornment worm within an orifice in the tissues of the upper lip. Mangement was by excision and repair with a modified Abbe flap.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002273:Carcinogens; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013636:Tanzania; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens