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Co-existence of cheilitis glandularis and actinic cheilitis—an update

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Cheilitis Glandularis (CG) is a chronic inflammatory disorder with no specific etiology that affects the minor salivary glands of the lips. The main characteristic of this condition consists of the exit of thick saliva or mucopurulent secretion through the dilated ducts present in the vermilion border of the lip, associated to varying degrees of macrocheilia. In this article we report the case of a male patient, leucoderma, 48 years old, that exhibited actinic cheilitis and glandular cheilitis. We emphasized the clinical management, diagnosis criteria and treatment, taking into consideration that GC is a rare condition and makes a differential diagnosis with other entities that may occur on lips. Although a diagnosis of CG is not difficult, its treatment is a challenge, considering the unknown etiology that hinders the development of more specific and effective treatments.

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This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior—Brazil (CAPES)—Finance Code 001.

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  1. Postgraduate Program in Oral Pathology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

    Hianne Cristinne de Morais Medeiros, Yailit del Carmen Martinez Vargas, Amanda Katarinny Goes Gonzaga, Lélia Maria Guedes Queiroz, Ana Miryam Costa de Medeiros, Patrícia Teixeira de Oliveira & Éricka Janine Dantas da Silveira

  2. OralPathology Professor University Center UNIFACISA, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil

    Hianne Cristinne de Morais Medeiros

  3. OralPathology Professor,University Center UNIFACISA, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil

    Amanda Katarinny Goes Gonzaga

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de Morais Medeiros, H.C., del Carmen Martinez Vargas, Y., Gonzaga, A.K.G. et al. Co-existence of cheilitis glandularis and actinic cheilitis—an update. Oral Maxillofac Surg 25, 113–117 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10006-020-00886-z

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