de Carvalho LRT, Nina CSR, Fernandes MHL, Parro YM, Macedo SB, Lia EN. Frey's syndrome: diagnosis in geriatric dentistry.
Gerodontology 2013;
31:153-5. [PMID:
23534673 DOI:
10.1111/ger.12040]
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Abstract
Frey's syndrome, is characterized by warmth, flushing and sweating of the face, most of time in the preauricular region, initiated by any gustatory stimulus. It is frequently related to parotid surgery. A case of Frey's syndrome in a 81-year-old female whose long-delayed clinical onset post-parotidectomy is presented.
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