Actinic cheilitis (also known as `actinic cheilosis`, `sailor`s lip`), is a form of cheilitis which is the counterpart of actinic keratosis of the skin and can develop into squamous cell carcinoma. In actinic cheilitis, there is thickening whitish discoloration of the lip at the border of the lip and skin. There is also a loss of the usually ...
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Synonym for solar cheilitis ... Mucosal atrophy with drying, crusting, and fissuring of the vermillion border of the lower lip in older individuals, resulting from chronic exposure to sunlight; dysplastic (premalignant) changes are noted microscopically, analogous to solar keratosis. ... Synonym: actinic cheilitis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Type: Term Synonyms: solar cheilitis
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