[A case of Rossolimo-Melkersson-Rosenthal disease].

Abstract

The article describes Rossolimo-Melkersson-Rosenthal disease (RMRD); historical background and the modern concept of its pathogenesis are presented in brief. The clinical picture of the disease is described in more detail; the variants of the course of the disease and the manifestations of the monosymptomatic, bisymptomatic, and triadic variants are presented. The article contains a clinical observation of a female patient aged 38, whose first symptoms developed at the age of 18 as facial neuritis and left mimic musculature paresis. With time, the patient developed all the three characteristic components of RMRD.

• Authors: E M Esedov, M G Gireeva, F D Akhmedova, Kh A Khamidova
• Journal: Klinicheskaia meditsina (Klin Med (Mosk)) Vol. 85 Issue 4 Pg. 56-8 ( 2007) ISSN: 0023-2149 [Print] Russia (Federation)
• PMID: 17564041 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Drug Therapy (methods)
• Female
• Humans
• Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome (diagnosis, drug therapy, physiopathology)
• Severity of Illness Index