Affiliation:
1. Department of Oral Medicine Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & National Engineering Research Center of Oral Biomaterials and Digital Medical Devices Beijing China
Abstract
AbstractMelkersson‐Rosenthal syndrome (MRS) is a neuromucocutaneous disease of unknown pathogenesis. With this communication, we describe a case of a 26‐year‐old woman with complete MRS in whom Mycolicibacterium fortuitum was detected in the swelling lip biopsy by next‐ generation sequencing. The patient's symptoms were slightly improved after intralesional corticosteroid injection combined with broad‐spectrum antibiotics, while they were significantly improved after further treatment of dental caries and removal of the residual root. This case provides insight into the possible microbial infection pathogenesis of MRS, and M. fortuitum was speculated to be related to granulomatous and neuronal disorders, most probably from odontogenic origin.
Subject
Dermatology,General Medicine