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AI InsightA ten year-old female patient admitted first with left peripheral facial paralysis and six months later with right peripheral facial paralysis and diagnosed with Melkersson Rosenthal syndrome was presented in order to emphasize that Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome must be considered in the differential diagnosis of recurrent facial paralysis.
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Abstract
Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome is a granulomatous disease characterized by recurrent facial nerve paralysis, orofacial edema and fissured tongue. Observation of the classical triad is very rare and usually mono-oligosymptomatic involvement is observed. A ten year-old female patient admitted first with left peripheral facial paralysis and six months later with right peripheral facial paralysis and diagnosed with Melkersson Rosenthal syndrome was presented in order to emphasize that Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome must be considered in the differential diagnosis of recurrent facial paralysis.
Özet
Melkersson Rosenthal sendromu yineleyen periferik fasiyalparalizi, orofasiyal ödem ve fissürlü dil triadı ile karakterizegranülomatöz bir hastalıktır. Klasik triadın görülmesi çokenderdir ve genellikle mono-oligosemptomatik tutulum izlenir.Altı ay ara ile önce sağ sonra sol periferik fasiyal paralizi gelişen ve Melkersson Rosenthal sendromu tanısı alan 10 yaşındaki kız olgu, yineleyen fasiyal paralizilerin ayırıcı tanı-sında MRS’ nin düşünülmesi gerektiğini vurgulanmak amacıy- la sunuldu.