title: Cheilitis glandularis progressing to squamous cell carcinoma in an hiv-infected patient: case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 19676-00202, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: F M A
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Butt
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Chindia
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Rana
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ashani
mesh_terms: D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D002613:Cheilitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012793:Sialadenitis / Q000503:physiopathology*