Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome
"Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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 & Magalini, Dictionary of Medical Syndromes, 4th ed, p531)
| Descriptor ID |
D008556
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C07.465.299.800 C07.465.466 C10.292.319.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome- Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome
- 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
- Melkersson-Rosenthal-Miescher Syndrome
- Melkersson Rosenthal Miescher Syndrome
- 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
- Facial Neuropathy, Cheilitis Granulomatosa, Orofacial Edema
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An 8-year-old girl with unilateral facial and ear pain and isolated frontal headaches. Semin Pediatr Neurol. 1999 Sep; 6(3):182-8; discussion 189.