Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

  • Volume 42
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  • Pages.35.1-35.6
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  • 2020
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  • 2288-8101(pISSN)
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  • 2288-8586(eISSN)
Korean Association of Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (대한악안면성형재건외과학회)
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Photobiomodulation and Miescher's cheilitis granulomatosa: case report

  • Porrini, Massimo (Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences-Maxillo-Facial and Odontostomatology Unit-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, University of Milan) ;
  • Garagiola, Umberto (Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences-Maxillo-Facial and Odontostomatology Unit-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, University of Milan) ;
  • Rossi, Margherita (Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences-Maxillo-Facial and Odontostomatology Unit-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, University of Milan) ;
  • Bosotti, Moreno (Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences-Maxillo-Facial and Odontostomatology Unit-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, University of Milan) ;
  • Marino, Sonia (Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences-Maxillo-Facial and Odontostomatology Unit-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, University of Milan) ;
  • Gianni, Aldo Bruno (Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences-Maxillo-Facial and Odontostomatology Unit-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, University of Milan) ;
  • Runza, Letterio (Division of Pathology, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, University of Milan) ;
  • Spadari, Francesco (Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences-Maxillo-Facial and Odontostomatology Unit-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, University of Milan)
  • Received : 2020.08.20
  • Accepted : 2020.10.04
  • Published : 2020.12.31
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Abstract

Background: Miescher's cheilitis granulomatosa (MCG) is a rare chronic inflammatory disease and is known as the monosymptomatic clinical form of Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome (MRS). It is characterised by swelling of one or both lips and more frequently affects the upper lip. Histopathological findings show the presence of numerous inflammatory infiltrates and granuloma formations. Pharmacological treatments and surgery have provided results that are positive yet insufficiently stable in the long term. The clinical case described is of a 68-year-old female patient with a diagnosis of MCG of the upper lip. Case presentation: The patient was diagnosed and treated at the Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology outpatient clinic of Maxillofacial and Odontostomatology Unit, Fondazione Cà Granda IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico. The patient was recommended localised treatments of photobiomodulation (PBM) using a diode laser with a 635 nm and 980 nm dual-wavelength (λ) approach, a 600-micron fibre, and a handpiece with a 1-cm-diameter lens at 300 mW. Three treatments a week were administered for four weeks for a total of 12 treatment sessions (T1-T12). After that, the patient had a long follow-up period of about 2 years. The therapeutic results were clear from the initial stages of treatment. There was an immediate, gradual, and consistent reduction in labial swelling. A reduction in the size of the lip by about 35% at T10-T12 was observed, returning the size and volume of the upper lip within the normal clinical range. The painful symptoms subsided after the seventh treatment (T7). The histopathological check at 3 months and the follow-up in particular confirmed the disease was in remission with satisfactorily stable treatment results. Moreover, the patient did not use any other treatments on the area from the early laser treatments through to the end of the follow-up period. Conclusions: Our experience describes a clinical case of MCG treated with PBM and effectively resolved with a reduction of the lip swelling. The real success of the treatment emerged over time, showing that the tissue healing was stable. In absence of any collateral phenomena, this confirms the effective and documented therapeutic potential of PBM for chronic inflammatory infiltrates.

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