A CASE OF MACROCHEILIADUE TO ENLARGEMENT OF THE MUCOUS GLANDS OF THE LIP.
Abstract
Abstract This condition may be due to one or several causes. With the exception of inflammatory affections, neoplastic growths occupy a prominent position. With inflammatory thickening there exists an enlargement not only of the glands but of the tissues of the whole lip, and affecting one or both lips; there is no increase in the number of glands affected. Congenital dilatation of the lymphatic vessels, which is, more strictly speaking, an overgrowth when occurring in the tongue, produces...