Journal Basic Info
- Impact Factor: 0.285**
- H-Index: 6
- ISSN: 2638-4558
- DOI: 10.25107/2638-4558
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- Orthopedic Sugery
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Atherosclerosis
- Ophthalmology
- Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- Sleep Medicine and Disorders
- Allergy & Immunology
- Lung Cancer
Abstract
Citation: Clin Case Rep Int. 2017;1(1):1028.DOI: 10.25107/2638-4558.1028
Idiopathic Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome: A Case Report
Claudio Conforti, Francesca Flagiello, Maria Silvestre and Caterina Dianzani
Institute of Dermatology, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy
Dermatology Unit at University Campus Biomedico, Rome, Italy
*Correspondance to: Claudio Conforti
PDF Full Text Case Report | Open Access
Abstract:
A 33-year-old Caucasian Italian female was admitted at the Campus Bio-Medico in Rome for a lip swelling evaluation of increased in last 4 days associated orofacial edema, yellowish vesicles, erosion over lips. In addition, she presented asymmetry of the face with paralysissignon the region of VIIth nerve distribution and angle mouth deviation. Anamnesis reported abdominal pain and diarrhea 4-5 times/day since last month, severe muscle pain, fatigue and dryness eye. We supposed Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome (MRS) based on clinical manifestation and we considered, as differential diagnosis angioneurotic edema, cheilitis glandularis, lymphangioma, sarcoidosis, tuberculosis and crohn’s disease.
Keywords:
Cheilitis granulomatosa; Granulomatous cheilitis; Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome; Lip swelling
Cite the Article:
Conforti C, Flagiello F, Silvestre M, Dianzani C. Idiopathic MelkerssonRosenthal Syndrome: A Case Report. Clin Case Rep Int. 2017; 1: 1028.
