title: [Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome in Curschmann-Steinert dystrophia myotonica].
abstract: We report the case of a 52-year-old female patient who suffered both from myotonic dystrophy (Curschmann-Steinert disease) and Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome. Both syndromes showed the full-blown clinical features as well as the typical histology. In addition to the possibility that the appearance of the two syndromes together was a mere coincidence, we also consider the possibility that there was a hereditary diencephalic disorder present that linked together some of the minor manifestations of both syndromes.
authors.affiliation: Dermatologische Universitätsklinik Erlangen.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stosiek
authors.forename: O P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Hornstein
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meisel-Stosiek
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006580:Genetic Carrier Screening; D006801:Humans; D008556:Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009223:Myotonic Dystrophy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D010375:Pedigree; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Melkersson-Rosenthal-Syndrom bei Dystrophia myotonica Curschmann-Steinert.