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Fissured tongue in Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome

Photograph shows the fissured tongue in a 38-year-old woman referred by her dentist for evaluation of recurrent swelling of the lower lip along with left hemifacial palsy. She was diagnosed with Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome based on its three clinical features: recurrent facial palsy, orofacial swelling, and fissured tongue. (Source: Aoun G, Skandri N, Ghattas H, Maksoud C. Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome in a 38-year-old female patient: a rare case with complete triad. Cureus 2022;14[7]:e27427. Creative Commons Attribution [CC-BY 4.0] license, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. The image has been cropped from the original.)

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  • Bell palsy
  • Cheilitis granulomatosa
  • Crohn disease
  • Granulomatous blepharitis
  • Miescher cheilitis
  • Monosymptomatic Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome
  • Oligosymptomatic Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome