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Lower lip swelling and left hemifacial palsy in Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome

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Photograph shows swelling of the lower lip 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 4.0 International [CC BY 4.0] license, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. The image has been cropped from the original.)