A Peculiar Way of Reconstruction for Surgical Defects of the Upper Lip: A Case Report

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Alfredo Zucchi Claudio Feliciani Elena Pierobon Michele Maria Dominici Roberto D'Astolto

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Roberto D'Astolto
Clinica Dermatologica, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

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Cutaneous neoformations of the upper lip, especially non melanoma skin cancers (NMSC), are very common. The upper lip is composed of multiple cosmetic subunits and it is divided into a philtral subunit and two lateral ones. For what concerns philtral subunit, Cupid’s bow can be particularly difficult to be recreated after a surgical excision. The vermillion border, that has the function to separate the inner surface of the lip (oral mucosa) from the surrounding skin, lies directly on a circumoral band of orbicularis oris. This is a circumferential muscle with a rich vascular supply that gives the lips their shape, definition and function. Any surgical wound of the lip can be repaired successfully in a variety of ways and the goal is always to maintain the integrity of the philtrum and the Cupid’s bow. We present the case of a 63 year-old woman with a pinkish nodule of the central portion of the upper lip, focusing on surgical reconstruction.

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Case Report

Publication history

Received: Mon 30, Mar 2020
Accepted: Thu 09, Apr 2020
Published: Fri 17, Apr 2020

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© 2023 Roberto D'Astolto. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2020.04.03