Actinic cheilitis

Actinic cheilitis
Other namesAtinic cheilosis,[1] Atinic keratosis of lip,[2] Solar cheilosis,[2]Sailor's lip,[3] Farmer's lip[4]
Picture of Actinic Cheilitis. This is also known as sailor's lip or farmer's lip.
SpecialtyDermatology 

Actinic cheilitis is cheilitis (lip inflammation) caused by long term sunlight exposure. Essentially it is a burn,[2] and a variant of actinic keratosis which occurs on the lip.[5] It is a premalignant condition,[6] as it can develop into squamous cell carcinoma (a type of mouth cancer).

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  3. ^ Treister NS; Bruch JM (2010). Clinical oral medicine and pathology. New York: Humana Press. p. 121. ISBN 978-1-60327-519-4.
  4. ^ Wenig BM (7 May 2012). Atlas of Head and Neck Pathology. Elsevier Health Sciences. pp. 331–332. ISBN 978-1-4557-3381-1.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Larios2008 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Lotti T; Parish LC; Rogers RS (6 December 2012). Oral Diseases: Textbook and Atlas. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 228–229. ISBN 978-3-642-59821-0.
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