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    Definition

    An idiopathic syndrome characterized by one or more of the following; recurrent orofacial swelling, relapsing facial paralysis, and fissured tongue (lingua plicata). The onset is usually in childhood and relapses are common. Cheilitis granulomatosa is a monosymptomatic variant of this condition.

  • Plastic reconstructive correction of persistent orofacial swelling and swelling of the eyelids in Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome
    >Abstract >Full Text   (Klin Monatsbl Augenheilkd.)

  • Total decompression of facial nerve for Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome
    >Abstract >Full Text   (J Laryngol Otol.)

  • Non-specific influx of T-cell receptor alpha/beta and gamma/delta lymphocytes in mucosal biopsies from a patient with orofacial granulomatosis
    >Abstract >Full Text   (J Oral Pathol Med.)

  • Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome caused by saprodontia: a case report
    >Abstract >Full Text   (J Dermatol.)

  • The multiform and variable patterns of onset of orofacial granulomatosis
    >Abstract >Full Text   (J Oral Pathol Med.)

  • Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome in childhood: a challenge in differential diagnosis and treatment
    >Abstract >Full Text   (Br J Dermatol.)

  • Therapeutic response to thalidomide in Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome: a case report
    >Abstract   (Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol.)

  • Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome: report of three cases
    >Abstract >Full Text   (Neurol Sci.)

  • Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome in childhood: successful management with combination steroid and minocycline therapy
    >Abstract >Full Text   (J Am Acad Dermatol.)

  • Treatment of Miescher's cheilitis granulomatosa in Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome
    >Abstract >Full Text   (J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol.)

  • Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome: anatomo-clinical and evolutive concepts
    >Abstract >Full Text   (J Fr Ophtalmol.)

  • Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome: new clinicopathologic findings in 4 cases
    >Abstract >Full Text   (Arch Ophthalmol.)

  • Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome in a diabetic boy
    >Abstract >Full Text   (Allergol Immunopathol (Madr).)

  • Orofacial granulomatosis: presentation, pathology and management of 13 cases
    >Abstract   (J Oral Pathol Med.)

  • Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome
    >Abstract >Full Text   (J Laryngol Otol.)

  • Glossitis granulomatosa--an unusual subtype of Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome
    >Abstract >Full Text   (Mund Kiefer Gesichtschir.)

  • Persistent facial swelling of unclear etiology. The differential diagnostic considerations
    >Abstract >Full Text   (Hautarzt.)

  • Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome: reduction cheiloplasty utilizing a transmodiolar labial suspension suture
    >Abstract >Full Text   (Aesthetic Plast Surg.)

  • Granulomatous cheilitis: a study of six cases
    >Abstract   (Oral Dis.)


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