rss Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 Related ArticlesTHERAPEUTIC HOTLINE: Successful treatment of Morbihan's disease with oral prednisolone and doxycycline. Dermatol Ther. 2010 Nov;23(6):682-5 Authors: Ranu H, Lee J, Hee TH Persistent facial swelling can occur as a rare complication of rosacea. This finding is referred to as lymphedematous rosacea or Morbihan's disease. We report a case of a 45-year-old male with no previous history of rosacea who developed bilateral periorbital swelling associated with facial erythema and edema that responded to a combination of oral corticosteroids and doxycycline. Biopsy revealed changes of granulomatous rosacea. PMID: 21054712 [PubMed - in process] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?tmpl=NoSidebarfile&db=PubMed&cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=21054712&dopt=Abstract = URL to article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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