Melkersson syndrome

Melkersson syndrome
Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome an autosomal dominant condition usually beginning in childhood or adolescence, characterized chiefly by chronic noninflammatory facial swelling, usually confined to the lips in the form of granulomatous cheilitis, with recurrent facial palsy and sometimes fissured tongue. Associated ophthalmic symptoms may include lagophthalmos, blepharochalasis, swollen eyelids, burning sensation of the eyes, corneal opacities, retrobulbar neuritis, and exophthalmos.

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  • Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome — a rare disorder characterized by the occurrence together of facial paralysis, enlargement of the glottis, and swollen lips, which is due to lymphatic stasis and the consequent build up of protein in the facial tissues. E. Melkersson (1898 1932),… …   Medical dictionary

  • Melkersson–Rosenthal syndrome — Classification and external resources ICD 10 G51.2 ICD 9 351.8 …   Wikipedia

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  • Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 31963 ICD10 = ICD10|G|51|2|g|50 ICD9 = ICD9|351.8 ICDO = OMIM = 155900 MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = derm eMedicineTopic = 72 MeshID = D008556 Melkersson Rosenthal syndrome is a rare… …   Wikipedia

  • Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome — a rare disorder characterized by the occurrence together of facial paralysis, enlargement of the glottis, and swollen lips, which is due to lymphatic stasis and the consequent build up of protein in the facial tissues [Melkersson (1898–1932),… …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …   Medical dictionary

  • Melkersson — Ernst G., Swedish physician, 1898–1932. See M. Rosenthal syndrome …   Medical dictionary

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