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ArticleMedicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal2022

Actinic cheilitis: Proposal of a clinical index.

C-K Medeiros, M-L Lopes, É-J Silveira, K-C Lima, P-T Oliveira

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Article in Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

C-K MedeirosPostgraduate Program in Dental Sciences Department of Dentistry Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte Av. Senador Salgado Filho, 1787, Lagoa Nova CEP: 59056-000. Natal-RN, Brazil cristiannekalinne@gmail.com.
M-L Lopes
É-J Silveira
K-C Lima
P-T Oliveira
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundActinic cheilitis is a potentially malignant lesion most commonly found in the lower lip of individuals with chronic exposure to ultraviolet radiation. The aim of this study was to develop and to test a clinical index that can be used to assess the severity of actinic cheilitis. MATERIAL AND

methodsThe clinical index of actinic cheilitis was applied to 36 patients. An incisional biopsy was obtained to grade oral epithelial dysplasias following the World Health Organization (WHO) and binary systems, and to evaluate their association with clinical characteristics by Fisher's exact test (P<0.05). The accuracy of the index was evaluated based on sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, and receiver operating curve.

resultsThe blurring between the border of the lip and the skin was significantly associated with cases without dysplasia/mild epithelial dysplasia (P=0.041) and with low risk of malignancy (P=0.005). Ulcers and crusts were significantly associated with moderate/severe epithelial dysplasia (P=0.002 and P=0.012, respectively) and high risk of malignancy (P=0.005 and P=0.045, respectively). Erosion showed a significant association only with high-risk cases of malignancy (P=0.024). The cut-off values of the diagnostic test showing the best performance were 10 for the WHO grading system and 11 for the binary system.

conclusionsThe index cut-offs with the highest accuracy were considered indicators for a biopsy. Erosion, ulceration and crusts were associated with more severe oral epithelial dysplasias.

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CheilitisLip NeoplasmsHumansHyperplasiaLipUltraviolet Rays

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