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Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome -Report of a Case-

Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome -증례보고-

  • Kim, Tae-Jung (Pain Clinic, Dept. of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University) ;
  • Park, Wook (Pain Clinic, Dept. of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University) ;
  • Lee, Sung-Keun (Pain Clinic, Dept. of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University) ;
  • Kim, Il-Ho (Pain Clinic, Dept. of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University) ;
  • Song, Hu-Bin (Pain Clinic, Dept. of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University) ;
  • Hwang, Kyung-Ho (Pain Clinic, Dept. of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University) ;
  • Kim, Sun-Chong (Pain Clinic, Dept. of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University) ;
  • Kim, Sung-Yul (Pain Clinic, Dept. of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University)
  • 김태정 (순천향대학병원 마취과학교실 통증치료실) ;
  • 박욱 (순천향대학병원 마취과학교실 통증치료실) ;
  • 이성근 (순천향대학병원 마취과학교실 통증치료실) ;
  • 김일호 (순천향대학병원 마취과학교실 통증치료실) ;
  • 송후빈 (순천향대학병원 마취과학교실 통증치료실) ;
  • 황경호 (순천향대학병원 마취과학교실 통증치료실) ;
  • 김선종 (순천향대학병원 마취과학교실 통증치료실) ;
  • 김성열 (순천향대학병원 마취과학교실 통증치료실)
  • Published : 1998.05.30
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Abstract

The Melkersson-Rosenthal (M-R) syndrome consists of a triad of (1) recurrent peripheral facial nerve paralysis which develops alternately on both sides of face, (2) non-inflammatory facial edema, and (3) fissuring of tongue. A 59 years old female patient developed the left facial palsy on September, 1988. Right facial palsy developed continuously 2 months later after the spontaneous remission of left facial palsy. On February, 1989, we have found out M-R syndrome which accompanied with migraine type of intermittent headache, and hypertension in one attack of cerebral stroke several years ago, there were no diabetes mellitus, pulmonary tuberculosis and brain tumor in clinical studies. Although the causes of this syndrome were not noted, we performed the stellate ganglion block and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for treatment of the palsy, but the clinical effectiveness of these were not satisfactory.

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