RT Book, Section
A1 Bissonnette, Bruno
A1 Luginbuehl, Igor
A1 Engelhardt, Thomas
SR Print(0)
ID 1164078270
T1 Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome
T2 Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications, 2e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259861789
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1164078270
RD 2024/04/23
AB It  is  a  disorder  characterized  by  recurring  facial  paralysis  associated  with  cheilitis  (chronic  swelling  of  the  face),  and  lingua  plicata  (“scrotal”  tongue).  The  tongue  is  often  hypertrophic  and  macroglossic.  Granulomatous  cheilitis  is  a  chronic  swelling  of  the  face  and  lips,  especially  the  upper  lip  that  is  caused  by  granulomatous  inflammation.  The  onset  of  the  disease  begins  in  childhood  or  early  adolescence.  After  recurrent  attacks  that  can  last  days  to  years  in  between,  the  swelling  may  persist,  increase,  and  eventually  become  permanent.  Miescher  cheilitis  is  the  term  used  when  the  granulomatous  changes  are  confined  to  the  lip.  Miescher  cheilitis  generally  is  regarded  as  a  monosymptomatic  form  of  the  Melkersson-Rosenthal  Syndrome,  although  the  possibility  remains  that  they  are  separate  diseases.  It  is  believed  symptomatic  of  Crohn’s  disease  and  sarcoidosis.