title: Cheilitis glandularis and actinic cheilitis: differential diagnoses - report of three unusual cases.
abstract: A variety of pathological conditions of diverse etiologies may involve the lips. Cheilitis glandularis (CGL) is a rare disorder of unknown etiology characterized by inflammation of the minor salivary glands of the lower lip. The aim of this paper is to compare the diagnosis and treatment of two cases of CGL at an early age (one in a child and the other in a young adult with mental retardation) with the diagnosis and treatment of actinic cheilitis, which is much more prevalent than CGL in tropical countries.
authors.affiliation: School of Dentistry of Pernambuco (FOP/UPE), Recife, Brazil.
authors.forename: Emanuel Sávio Souza
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.forename: Ana Paula Veras
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Sobral
authors.forename: José Rodrigues
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Laureano Filho
authors.forename: Marconi Eduardo Sousa Maciel
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Igor Batista
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Camargo
mesh_terms: D002613:Cheilitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012470:Salivary Glands, Minor; D012793:Sialadenitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055815:Young Adult