Morbihan syndrome

[Guide]

"Morbihan syndrome is a rare entity that more commonly affects women in the third or fourth decade of life. It is considered a special form of rosacea and its pathogenesis is not fully known....According to most authors, it is a clinical variety of acne or rosacea, a common episodic chronic cutaneous disorder that affects the face. It is characterized by the permanent presence of erythema accompanied by telangiectasia, with frequent mixed facial flushing, papules, pustules, diffuse edema, and nodules." [1]

Rosacea Lymphedema (Morbihan Disease) is recognized as a rosacea variant. 

End Notes

{1] An Bras Dermatol. 2016 Sep-Oct; 91(5 Suppl 1): 157–159.
Morbihan syndrome: a case report and literature review
Rossana Cantanhede Farias de Vasconcelos, Natália Trefiglio Eid, Renata Trefiglio Eid, Fabíolla Sih Moriya, Bruna Backsmann Braga, and Alexandre Ozores Michalany