Korean J Dermatol.  2002 Apr;40(4):393-398.

Clinical Study on Lower Lip Skin Diseases

• Heo EP
• Kim TH

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Lower lip skin disease is a fairly common disease in dermatology, but most dermatologists are not familiar with clinical manifestations of lower lip skin diseases manifestating as cheilitis.
OBJECTIVE
We evaluated clinico-pathologic findings of lower lip skin diseases to suggest epide miological guideline of lower lip skin diseases.
METHODS
The retrospective clinical study was performed by reviewing clinical photographs, pathologic slides, and the charts of 55 patients who had received skin biopsy for lower lip skin diseases from 1996 to 2000.
RESULTS
The results were as follows. Most of patients were older than 40 and men were more commonly affected(M; F=3:2). About 58% of lower lip skin diseases were associated with ultraviolet(UV) radiation: 49% actinic cheilitis, 9.1% squamous cell carcinoma.
CONCLUSION
This result suggests that UV played important roles in lower lip skin diseases, and education on photoprotection would be necessary to prevent squamous cell carcinoma.

Keyword

Lower lip skin diseases; Ultraviolet radiation; Actinic cheilitis

MeSH Terms

Actins
Biopsy
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Cheilitis
Dermatology
Education
Humans
Lip*
Male
Retrospective Studies
Skin Diseases*
Skin*
Actins