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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)
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- 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
- Melkerson-Rosenthal Syndrome
- Melkersson Syndrome
- Melkersson-Rosenthal-Miescher Syndrome
- Miescher-Melkersson-Rosenthal Granulomatous Cheilitis
- Orofacial Edema, Cheilitis Granulomatosa, Facial Neuropathy
- Orofacial Edema, Facial Neuropathy, Cheilitis Granulomatosa
- Rosenthal-Melkerson Syndrome
- Rosenthal-Melkersson Syndrome
- Syndrome, Melkerson Rosenthal
- Cheilitis, Miescher-Melkersson-Rosenthal Granulomatous
- Granulomatous Cheilitis, Miescher-Melkersson-Rosenthal
- Melkerson Rosenthal Syndrome
- Melkersson Rosenthal Miescher Syndrome
- Melkersson Rosenthal Syndrome
- Miescher Melkersson Rosenthal Granulomatous Cheilitis
- Rosenthal Melkerson Syndrome
- Rosenthal Melkersson Syndrome
- Cheilitis Granulomatosa
- Granulomatous Cheilitis
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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- National Library of Medicine. Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008556. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008556
- Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melkersson%E2%80%93Rosenthal_syndrome
- Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1919487