MRI OF THE FACIAL-NERVE IN A CASE OF MELKERSON-ROSENTHAL-SYNDROME

Authors
FERRIBY D PERTUZON B CLARISSE J VERMERSCH P
Citation
D. Ferriby et al., MRI OF THE FACIAL-NERVE IN A CASE OF MELKERSON-ROSENTHAL-SYNDROME, Revue neurologique, 154(5), 1998, pp. 426-428
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Revue neurologique → ACNP
ISSN journal
00353787
Volume
154
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
426 - 428
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-3787(1998)154:5<426:MOTFIA>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A 35 year-old man treated for a Crohn's disease presented with a secon d facial palsy in a setting of recurrent labial edema known since chil dhood. The diagnosis of Melkerson-Rosenthal syndrome was established M RI showed a small T1 gadolinium-enhanced lesion of the facial nerve su ggesting an inflammatory process. Similarities of pathologic lesions f ound in Melkerson-Rosenthal syndrome, Crohn's disease and sarcoidosis raise the question of the relationships between these disorders.