Chelitis glandularis - review of a rare inflammatory disorder

Abstract

Cheilitis glandularis is a rare disorder characterized by swelling of the lip with hyperplasia of the labial salivary glands. It is a rare condition which is most commonly seen in the lower lip of adult males with little predilection to females, children and upper lip. It was reported under various terms such as Cheilitis glandularis simplex, Cheilitis glandularis superficialis and Cheilitis glandularis apostematosa. In this review, we included information from the articles obtained during a web search through PubMed and Google Scholar involving the terminologies "Cheilitis glandularis simplex" and "Cheilitis glandularis superficialis" as key words. We reviewed etiology, prevalence, clinical features along with clinical classifications and also the various treatment aspects of this rare inflammatory disorder.