Cheilitis glandularis: An unusual presentation in a patient with HIV infection.

Abstract

Cheilitis glandularis is a rare disorder of unknown etiology characterized by inflammation of the minor salivary glands of the lower lip. The present report details the features of a patient who presented with cheilitis glandularis and was subsequently found to also have undiagnosed HIV infection.

• Authors: Jair C Leão, Ana Micaeli C Ferreira, Sarita Martins, Márcio Lobo Jardim, A William Barrett, Crispian Scully, Stephen R Porter
• Journal: Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics (Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod) Vol. 95 Issue 2 Pg. 142-4 (Feb 2003) ISSN: 1079-2104 [Print] United States
• PMID: 12582351 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anti-HIV Agents

Topics

• Adult
• Anti-HIV Agents (therapeutic use)
• Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
• Cheilitis (complications, drug therapy, pathology)
• HIV Infections (complications, drug therapy)
• Humans
• Male
• Mouth Mucosa (pathology)
• Salivary Glands, Minor (pathology)
• Sialadenitis (complications, drug therapy, pathology)