title: Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome: review of the literature and case report of a 10-year misdiagnosis.
abstract: Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome is classically described as a triad of orofacial swelling, facial palsy, and fissured tongue. More often this syndrome presents in its oligosymptomatic forms. Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome may not be as rare as suspected but rather a syndrome that often goes undiagnosed. Presented is the case of a mentally challenged man who was eventually diagnosed with Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome only after being misdiagnosed and incorrectly treated for an odontogenic infection for more than a decade.
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authors.lastname: Balevi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002613:Cheilitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017742:Dental Care for Chronically Ill; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D008297:Male; D008556:Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*