cheilitis glandularis
MONDO:0007313Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names cheilitis glandularis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Cheilitis glandularis (CG) is an uncommon chronic inflammatory disease of unknown origin characterized by macrocheilia and secretions of thick saliva from swollen labial minor salivary glands.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0007313), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
5 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Abnormal salivary gland morphologyHPOHP:0010286
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abnormality of immune system physiologyHPOHP:0010978
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- NeoplasmHPOHP:0002664
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Squamous cell carcinomaHPOHP:0002860
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Thick lower lip vermilionHPOHP:0000179
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of