Frey's syndrome after carotid endarterectomy. 1999

M Mehta, and S G Friedman, and L A Frankini, and L A Scher, and M Setzen
Division of Vascular Surgery, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.

Frey's syndrome after carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is due to iatrogenic injury to the auriculotemporal nerve and has not been previously reported. One month after uncomplicated CEA, our patient noted an erythematous flush and copious drainage of clear fluid from the superior portion of his neck wound whenever he ate, or smelled or thought of food. These symptoms lasted for 2 months and eventually resolved without intervention. The cause and treatment of Frey's syndrome is also described.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D011183 Postoperative Complications Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D013547 Sweating, Gustatory An autonomic disorder characterized by excessive sweating of the forehead, upper lip, perioral region, or sternum subsequent to gustatory stimuli. 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. (From Ann Neurol 1997 Dec;42(6):973-5) Auriculotemporal Syndrome,Baillarger Syndrome,Frey Syndrome,Hyperhidrosis, Gustatory,Auriculotemporal Nerve Syndrome,Frey's Syndrome,Gustatory Sweating,Salivosudoriparous Syndrome,von Frey Syndrome,von Frey's Syndrome,Gustatory Hyperhidroses,Gustatory Hyperhidrosis,Hyperhidroses, Gustatory,Salivosudoriparous Syndromes,Syndrome, Auriculotemporal,Syndrome, Baillarger,Syndrome, Frey,Syndrome, Frey's,Syndrome, Salivosudoriparous,Syndrome, von Frey,Syndrome, von Frey's,Syndromes, Salivosudoriparous,von Freys Syndrome
D016894 Endarterectomy, Carotid The excision of the thickened, atheromatous tunica intima of a carotid artery. Carotid Endarterectomy,Carotid Endarterectomies,Endarterectomies, Carotid

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