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Plastic Surgical Solutions for Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome: Facial Liposuction and Cheiloplasty Procedures.

Tan O, Atik B, Calka O

From the *Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Ataturk University, Medical Faculty, Erzurum, Turkey; †Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; ‡Department of Dermatology, Yuzuncu Yil University, Medical Faculty, Van, Turkey.

OBJECTIVE:: Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome (MRS) is a rare granulomatous disease characterized by a triad, including orofacial swelling, facial palsy and lingua plicata with usually recurrent or progressive course. Orofacial swelling, the most often sign of MRS, leads to the both esthetic and functional deformities. Because of its unknown etiology, a rational treatment is difficult and management of MRS still remains symptomatic, aiming at to remove orofacial swelling mainly. Although the many nonsurgical therapies have been mentioned in the literature, none has been proved uniformly and predictably successful to date.In this paper, we present different surgical procedures and their outcomes in a series of 4 cases with MRS. The procedures including mucosa, submucosa and tangential muscle resection, crescent shaped commissuroplasty, and facial liposuction may be considered in surgical armamentarium when orofacial swelling becomes persistent. We think that the plastic surgeons may act more effectively in the management of the syndrome in the future.

Published 1 March 2006 in Ann Plast Surg, 56(3): 268-273.
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