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Frey's syndrome: diagnosis in geriatric dentistry
- Source :
- Gerodontology. 31(2)
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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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.
- Subjects :
- Aged, 80 and over
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Sweating, Gustatory
Parotidectomy
medicine.disease
Clinical onset
nervous system diseases
Surgery
Preauricular region
Gustatory stimulus
Medicine
Frey's syndrome
Humans
Parotid Gland
Female
Geriatric dentistry
Geriatrics and Gerontology
business
General Dentistry
psychological phenomena and processes
Parotid surgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17412358
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Gerodontology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9296e3df66887b2eb858e2fdba3c899e