Volume 17, Number 1, March 2005
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Yiu-Kai Wong, Jason Chi-Fung Cheng
Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery and Dental Unit, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong
Abstract
This report is of a 62-year-old man with actinic keratosis of the lower lip treated by total vermilionectomy (lower lip shave). Histological examination showed that the central part of the lesion was squamous cell carcinoma. No recurrence was noted after 4.5 years of follow-up. Various treatment options for this lesion are discussed.
Key words: Carcinoma, squamous cell, Keratosis
Asian J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2005;17:45-49.
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