Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry · 2018
A 35-year-old woman complains of lips enlargement. The first incident occurred one year ago, when she developed lip edema that abated quickly, but the lips remained slightly enlarged. Three days ago after overexposure to cold her lips enlarged again. Objectively: ptosis, upper and lower lips are markedly enlarged, more on the left, soft, elastic, and painless on palpation; no impressions on the lip surface are left after pressing it with a ?nger. The tongue is swollen, with tuberous surface and folds on its back. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Answer options
- Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome
- Meige’s trophedema
- Quincke’s edema
- Miescher’s granulomatous cheilitis
- Achard’s syndrome
Correct answer
Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome
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