%0 Journal Article
%T Frey¡¯s syndrome - unusually long delayed clinical onset post-parotidectomy: a case report
%A Inchien Chamisa
%J Pan African Medical Journal
%D 2010
%I African Field Epidemiology Network
%X Frey¡¯s syndrome is a complication of parotidectomy that is thought to occur as a result of aberrant regeneration of the postganglionic parasympathetic nerve fibres supplying the parotid gland to severed postganglionic sympathetic fibres which innervate the sweat glands of the face. Frey¡¯s syndrome is difficult to treat but is a preventable phenomenon and surgeons must be aware of the available preventative methods during the initial surgery. An unusual case is presented involving a patient with delayed onset of Frey¡¯s syndrome 40 years after parotidectomy in childhood. The potential for this long-delayed clinical presentation should be discussed with the patient before surgery in the parotid gland. Diagnostic methods, preventive measures and management options are briefly discussed.
%K Frey¡¯s syndrome
%K parotidectomy
%K gustatory sweating
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