[Lidswelling in a case of Melkersson-Rosenthal-syndrome (author's transl)].
Report on a case with extreme swelling of the upper- and lowerlids, which recurred repeatedly for thirteen years, with unsettled etiology and which did not respond to every conservative therapy. Surgical excision and biopsy showed histological changes similar Melkersson-Rosenthal-syndrome. But it must have been an abortive form, as other symptoms, were missing.
D000328:Adult; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008556:Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome / Q000150:complications*
Lidschwellung bei Melkersson-Rosenthal-Syndrom