Sir, Because of the broad variability of clinical manifestations, paediatric dermatologists and allergologists are sometimes confronted with diagnostic difficulties when assessing food-associated reactions of the skin in children, particularly if allergological tests do not reveal any pathological results and specific elimination diets are ineffective. In these cases, children can suffer from r...

Causes of facial rashes and erythema in infants are many but rarely only happen during feeding times which are commonly and sometimes wrongly attributed to food allergy. There is a rare condition called Auriculotemporal nerve syndrome that is characterized by recurrent episodes of gustatory facial flushing and sweating along the cutaneous distribution of Auriculotemporal nerve: the so-called Fr...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Evaluation of images of perineural tumor spread in patients with head and neck malignancies is essential for planning treatment and determining the patient's prognosis. Although the communications between the facial and trigeminal nerves are not widely known, they may provide a route for tumor growth. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the course of the auriculote...

background: the most common neoplasm of the salivary glands is pleomorphic adenoma and the most common complications of its surgical removal are facial nerve dysfunction (temporary or permanent) and auriculotemporal syndrome (frey’s syndrome). one of the surgical techniques in pleomorphic adenoma is partial parotidectomy. the whole excised tumor is surrounded by a safety margin of parotid tissu...

An inferior alveolar nerve with multiple roots is a rare variation encountered during dissection of cadavers. We present one such variation found in the right infratemporal fossa of an adult male cadaver. The nerve had three roots, one each from the posterior division of the mandibular nerve, auriculotemporal nerve and lingual nerve. The second part of the maxillary artery was encircled by the ...

504 CMAJ, April 2, 2013, 185(6) © 2013 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors A14-month-old boy was referred to the pediatric otolaryngology clinic with recurrent episodes of redness and warmth over his right cheek. The patient had been born at term by an induced vaginal delivery with the assistance of forceps. Shortly after birth, a 5-mm hematoma was seen in front of his right ear, whic...