Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome
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. (Dermatol Clin 1996 Apr;14(2):371-9; Magalini and Magalini, Dictionary of Medical Syndromes, 4th ed, p531)
Year introduced: 1964(1963)
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Tree Number(s): C07.465.299.800, C07.465.466, C10.292.319.800
MeSH Unique ID: D008556
Entry Terms:
- Melkersson Rosenthal Syndrome
- Melkerson-Rosenthal Syndrome
- Melkerson Rosenthal Syndrome
- Rosenthal-Melkerson Syndrome
- Rosenthal Melkerson Syndrome
- Syndrome, Melkerson Rosenthal
- Cheilitis Granulomatosa, Facial Neuropathy, Orofacial Edema
- Cheilitis Granulomatosa, Orofacial Edema, Facial Neuropathy
- Facial Neuropathy, Cheilitis Granulomatosa, Orofacial Edema
- Facial Neuropathy, Orofacial Edema, Cheilitis Granulomatosa
- Macrocheilia, Facial Palsy, Edema
- Miescher-Melkersson-Rosenthal Granulomatous Cheilitis
- Cheilitis, Miescher-Melkersson-Rosenthal Granulomatous
- Granulomatous Cheilitis, Miescher-Melkersson-Rosenthal
- Miescher Melkersson Rosenthal Granulomatous Cheilitis
- Orofacial Edema, Cheilitis Granulomatosa, Facial Neuropathy
- Orofacial Edema, Facial Neuropathy, Cheilitis Granulomatosa
- Melkersson Syndrome
- Rosenthal-Melkersson Syndrome
- Rosenthal Melkersson Syndrome
- Melkersson-Rosenthal-Miescher Syndrome
- Melkersson Rosenthal Miescher Syndrome
- Granulomatous Cheilitis
- Cheilitis Granulomatosa