title: Cheilitis glandularis--a disorder of ductal ectasia.
abstract: Cheilitis glandularis is characterized by lip eversion and protrusion with obvious, mucoid-secreting ductal orifices along the mucosal-vermilion boundary. One may see confirmatory microscopic findings of ductal ectasia and metaplasia. Vermilionectomy can be efficacious.
mesh_terms: D002613:Cheilitis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008679:Metaplasia / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000473:pathology*; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery