title: Actinic cheilitis: a premalignant condition.
abstract: Actinic cheilitis is a premalignant, irreversible disease that frequently affects the vermilion border of the lower lip. Since there is no correlation between clinical appearance and histologic aggressiveness, a biopsy is mandated. A vermilionectomy procedure is described, as well as the most frequently encountered complications.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Army Dental Corps, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, USA.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Manganaro
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Will
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Poulos
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002613:Cheilitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007972:Leukoplakia, Oral / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008046:Lip / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000473:pathology*; D013472:Sunlight / Q000009:adverse effects