ALARM BELLS RINGING FOR MELKERSSON-ROSENTHAL SYNDROME?
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Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome
Key points • Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome should be suspected in cases of recurrent facial palsy associated with swelling of orofacial structures and/or a furrowed tongue. • Biopsy of suggestive lesions typically reveals noncaseating granulomas with perivascular and lymphatic inflammatory cell infiltration. • The pathophysiology involves an immunologically mediated inflammatory response. • Tre...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0022-3050,1468-330X
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2014-309236.83