Title: Unilateral facial flushing precipitated by eating
Abstract: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 finding...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 …Read More