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SYNDROME NERF AURICULOTEMPORAL FREY [1 record]

Record 1 2011-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

An autonomic disorder characterized by excessive sweating of the forehead, upper lip, perioral region, or sternum subsequent to gustatory stimuli.

OBS

The auriculotemporal syndrome features facial flushing or sweating limited to the distribution of the auriculotemporal nerve and may develop after trauma to the parotid gland, in association with parotid neoplasms, or following their surgical removal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Syndrome associé à une tumeur de l'innervation sympathique jugale et qui se caractérise par une hypersudation et une vasodilatation jugale déclenchée par la mastication.

CONT

Pathologie des glandes salivaires. [...] diagnostic clinique d'une tumeur parotidienne [...] complication post-opératoire : syndrome de Frey : apparition d'une rougeur cutanée accompagnée d'une sécrétion sudorale parfois importante lors des repas dans la région parotidienne après parotidectomie (colonisation des annexes cutanées par les rameaux sécrétoires du nerf auriculo-temporal).

Spanish

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