2002
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-72992002000500024
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Síndrome de Melkersson-Rosenthal: relato de casos e revisão da literatura

Abstract: A síndrome de Melkersson-Rosenthal é rara, de etiologia desconhecida e de provável predisposição hereditária. Caracteriza-se pela presença de edema orofacial recidivante, língua plicata e episódios recorrentes de paralisia facial periférica. Após surtos repetidos, déficits permanentes da movimentação facial podem ser responsáveis por transtornos na comunicação, na alimentação e alterações estéticas que determinam danos psíquicos aos pacientes. A abordagem terapêutica da paralisia facial periférica nesta síndro… Show more

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“…As a matter of fact, the first symptoms occurred before the age of 18 years in 116 cases, but only 67 patients (57.8%) were diagnosed with MRS before this age [2,3,4,5,10,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39]. Two of the three cases we have reported have been diagnosed under the age of 10; interestingly, literature describes only 18 cases in which diagnosis was made that early [10,14,15,16,17,18,27,31,34,35,37,39].…”
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“…As a matter of fact, the first symptoms occurred before the age of 18 years in 116 cases, but only 67 patients (57.8%) were diagnosed with MRS before this age [2,3,4,5,10,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39]. Two of the three cases we have reported have been diagnosed under the age of 10; interestingly, literature describes only 18 cases in which diagnosis was made that early [10,14,15,16,17,18,27,31,34,35,37,39].…”
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“…The youngest patient, described by Ehmann et al, was 22 months old [14]. The bar chart referring to the “Age distribution at first episode” shows that the onset of the disease covers a wider age interval, between 4 and 15 years (Figure 4) [2,3,5,6,7,12,13,16,17,19,22,23,24,25,26,29,30,31,33,35,36,37,38,39].…”
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“…As disease progresses, facial palsy episodes increase in frequency and duration and may cause residual paresis or sinkinesias. After several relapses, permanent deficits of facial mobility may lead to difficulties in communication or feeding; esthetic changes may appear with potential negative psychological impact 13 . Therefore, it is necessary to rapidly reestablish facial mimic through physical therapy 14 , including neuromuscular proprioceptive facilitation techniques and therapeutic modalities such as orofacial massage, ice massage, facial muscle exercises in front of mirror (biofeedback) and strengthening of facial muscles -essentially the same treatment patterns used in Bell's palsy.…”
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“…A síndrome de Melkersson-Rosenthal tem uma incidência estimada de 0,08% e etiologia ainda desconhecida 3 . Segundo Ang e Jones, 2002, há uma leve predileção pelo sexo feminino, geralmente em torno da segunda década de vida 4 , não existe predileção racial 5 e não há relatos que associem a S.M.R à transformação maligna 6 . A síndrome tem uma tríade clássica, constituída por edema orofacial recorrente ou persistente, paralisia facial recidivante e língua plicata ou escrotal, que ocorre muito raramente 7 .…”
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