Oral Health and Dental Management

Abstract

Actinic Keratosis Involving Right Vermilion Border of Lower Lip

Supriya Vijay Gupta, Jaideep Sur, Samiksha Acharya, Shashwati hargovind Choube, Rakashree chakraborty

Actinic keratoses are slowly growing intraepithelial neoplasms in skin constituted by a typical increase in keratinocytes. They develop in sun-exposed skin areas; and are induced mainly by ultraviolet radiation, so considered as cutaneous markers of exposure to sunlight for a long duration. They are basically slow growing papules, less than 1 cm in diameter. The clinical presentation reveals a dry, erythematous, pigmented lesion with telangiectasias, covered by yellow or brown adherent scales. They may further progress to develop squamous cell carcinoma. We reported a case of actinic keratosis in right vermilion border of the lower lip. The patient was an operated case of lip cancer, 12 years back. The lesion was healed by topical antibiotics, natural product (Aloe Vera) and multivitamins. Skin cancer prevention campaigns must encourage medical and population education on various skin lesions like actinic keratosis etc. Also, proper medications with counseling and follow up should be taken care to prevent their a progression to skin cancer.