A Case of Frey's Syndrome.
- Author:
Yong Woo CHNN
1
;
Hyang Joon PARK
;
You Chan KIM
;
Won Keun SONG
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Frey's synfrome;
Aberrant reimmerbation;
Minor's startch-iodine test
- MeSH:
Abscess;
Atropine;
Drainage;
Female;
Flushing;
Humans;
Mastication;
Middle Aged;
Nerve Fibers;
Parotid Gland;
Sweat;
Sweat Glands;
Sweating;
Sweating, Gustatory*
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1999;37(7):908-911
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Freys syndrome is a type of pathologic gustatory hyperhidrosis occurring as a result of injury to the nerves in the region of the parotid gland. The syndrome usually manifests as unilateral flushing, sweating, and rarely pain in response to gustatory stimuli. The most likely mechanism is aberrant reinnervation of the sweat glands of the face by the severed parotid parasympathetic nerve fibers. We report a case of Freys syndrome in a 58-year-old woman who had been treated with incision and drainage at age 10 due to an abscess occurred in the parotid area. Thereafter she complained local flushing and sweating on the left infraauricular area during mastication. She was treated with 0.5% atropine cream once a day for two weeks, resulting in marked reduction of flushing and sweating proved by Minors starch-iodine test.
