Melkersson - Rosenthal Syndrome
T he aim of this article was to review the literature on the presentation and management of Melkersson Rosenthal Syndrome following the presentation of a 28-years-old patient who had been previously managed for recurrent bell’s palsy for 5 years. A computerized literature search using Medline, Science Direct and Google Scholar was conducted for published articles on manifestations, features and management of Melkersson Rosenthal syndrome. MeSH phrases like orofacial granulomatosis, Melkersson Rosenthal syndrome, Miescher’s Cheilitis, Lingua Plicata, Cheilitis Granulomatosa, Recurrent Bell’s palsy, Granulomatous Cheilitis, and MROS. Search parameter was set to select literatures under English language only. Adjunctive manual search was also conducted simultaneously to identify other published articles, considering similar parameters as used for Medline search. The review yielded 452 articles of which 168 articles were relevant to the discussion, less than 10 of these articles were from