Actinic lesions in fishermen's lower lip: clinical, cytopathological and histopathologic analysis.
BACKGROUND
Actinic cheilitis (AC) is considered to be a pre-malignant lesion or an incipient and superficial form of lip squamous cell carcinoma. It is commonly found in individuals whose occupational activities are related to chronic sun exposure and the definitive diagnosis is performed with biopsy. Although Exfoliative cytology has been used as a screening procedure to evaluate cancer of the oral cavity no studies have proposed the use of exfoliative cytologic analysis to evaluate and diagnose AC.


OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to evaluate lower lip lesions on fishermen related to chronic solar exposure using clinical, cytologic and histopathologic analyses.


METHODS
Smears taken from the vermilion of the lower lips of 125 fishermen and 30 control individuals were subjected to cytologic analysis.


RESULTS
The harvested cells were sufficient for cytologic analysis in 83.2% of the samples. Sixteen fishermen exhibited prominent lower lip lesions that justified biopsy and histological studies. In total, 4 specimens were malignant (3.2%), and 12 displayed epithelial dysplasia, demonstrating that the prevalence of epithelial dysplasia and malignant lesions was high among the fishermen population. These conditions were strongly associated with infiltration and blurring of the vermilion margin of the lower lip.


CONCLUSIONS
The cytologic analysis was not useful for detecting epithelial dysplasia or malignant alterations.
Piñera-Marques
Karine
K
General Pathology Department, Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina, Palhoça, SC, Brazil. karine.pinera@unisul.br
Lorenço
Silvia Vanessa
SV
Silva
Luiz Fernando Ferraz da
LF
Sotto
Mirian Nacagami
MN
Carneiro
Paulo Campos
PC
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001938:Brazil; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D002613:Cheilitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000473:pathology*; D008048:Lip Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013472:Sunlight / Q000009:adverse effects
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