MELKERSSON-ROSENTHAL SYNDROME - INTEREST OF CHEILOPLASTY

Introduction. The interest of cheiloplasty is not precisely defined in the treatment of Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome (MRS). Observation. Th e case of a 32-year-old woman, suffering from a typical MRS is reporte d. The lack of efficacy of various classical molecules (corticoseroids , hydroxychloroquine, dapsone, colchicine, clofazimine) led to a surgi cal therapy, consisting in cheiloplasty. Systemic corticosteroids were associated. The result was good, with a follow-up of 2 years. Comment s. Cheiloplasty is essentially of cosmetical interest, in the MRS, onc e the inflammatory process has been stopped (almost one year). Medical treatment (corticosteroids), is to be continued after surgery, to avo id recurrence.