PERMANENT ENLARGEMENT OF THE LIPS AND FACE
- 22 April 1933
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 100 (16) , 1230-1233
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1933.02740160014006
Abstract
During the last twenty-two years, sixty-seven patients presenting chronic, noninflammatory, permanent enlargement of the lips and face have been observed in the Mayo Clinic. This condition has followed repeated swellings and has been associated with facial paralysis in thirteen cases. The condition comes on suddenly in a manner similar to angioneurotic edema, and then, with recurrence of attacks, increasing enlargement is a residue. The condition is apparently a clinical entity, but we have been able to find only slight mention of it in the literature. The results of treatment of the condition have been satisfactory. LITERATURE The acute, circumscribed swelling described by Quincke1in 1882 corresponds with the onset of the condition, but Quincke did not mention the residual enlargement. In Quincke's edema, although the swelling has a preference for certain regions, such as the eyelids, cheeks, lips and hands, it does not always recur in the same area.Keywords
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