Open AccessUnilateral facial flushing precipitated by eating
Author(s) -
Ella Daniels,
Richard Watchorn
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
bmj
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.831
H-Index - 429
ISSN - 1756-1833
DOI - 10.1136/bmj.i1377
Subject(s) - flushing , forceps , medicine , surgery , girl , psychology , endocrinology , developmental psychology
A healthy 7 year old girl born by forceps delivery presented with a lifelong history of unilateral facial flushing precipitated by eating (fig 1). What diagnosis correlates with these clinical findings?Frey’s syndrome. This occurs after injury (during forceps delivery in this case) to auriculotemporal nerve fibres, which regenerate and erroneously stimulate the sweat glands or blood vessels …
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