Upper lip profile changes

Relationship between Changes of Nasal Length and Upper Lip Height during Smile

Osseous Choriostoma of the Upper Lip

Introduction: Choristoma is a non-neoplastic growth of normal tissues in non-indigenous site of origin. Osseous Choristoma is an ectopic bone formation which is a rare entity with 72 cases has been reported in the tongue, 15 cases in the buccal mucosa, 1 case in the lower lip.   Case Report: A 43 year old male patient experienced a mild, intermittent, dull aching type in...

Lip Reading in Profile

There has been a quantum leap in the performance of automated lip reading recently due to the application of neural network sequence models trained on a very large corpus of aligned text and face videos. However, this advance has only been demonstrated for frontal or near frontal faces, and so the question remains: can lips be read in profile to the same standard? The objective of this paper is...

Trichoadenoma of the upper lip.

BACKGROUND Trichoadenoma of Nikolowski, who describe the first cases in 1958, is a rare and benign tumor of the hair follicle. It is well-differentiated and slowly-growing. The clinical appearance of Trichoadenoma (TA) can be similar to basal cell carcinoma or epidermal cyst. RESULTS We describe a 44-year-old male who was referred for nodular lesion on the upper lip and a TA was diagnosed. Or...

Actinomycosis of the Upper Lip

Actinomycotic infections are known to have an association with difficulties in diagnosis and treatment. These infections usually involve the head, neck, thorax, and abdomen. Actinomycosis of the upper lip is a rare condition and an important one as well, because it can imitate other diseases. As the initial impression, it can easily be mistaken for a mucocele, venous lake, or benign neoplasm. A...