BACKGROUND Temporomandibular joint syndrome, or Costen syndrome, is a clinically diagnosed disorder whose most common symptoms include joint pain and clicking, difficulty opening the mouth, and temporomandibular joint discomfort. The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is supplied by the auriculotemporal nerve, a collateral branch of the mandibular nerve (the V3 branch of the trigeminal nerve). OBJ...

Keloids are most commonly located in the ears (44.4%), followed by the thorax (33.3%), and shoulders (7.4%) [1]. Keloids, along with hypertrophic scars, are caused by an aberration in the normal wound healing process and inflict great discomfort on the patient [2]. Abnormal scars may cause pain or pruritus, disturb the range of motion, diminish sensation, or cause aesthetic deformities that may...

An Bras Dermatol. 2017;92(6):891-900. The FS or auriculotemporal syndrome or gustatory sweating results from the salivary stimulus during and immediately after eating, seeing, thinking about, or talking about certain foods. 2,3 The hypothesis is that, after a parotid gland trauma, a lesion would occur to the auriculotemporal branch of the trigeminal nerve, followed by an anomalous and aberrant ...

We developed a surgical technique to correct cryptotia using a subcutaneous pedicled flap raised from the retroauricular region. A skin paddle over the caudal part of the auricular sulcus is designed and transferred to the skin defect of the upper posterior surface of the auricle. This procedure has been performed on 17 ears in 14 patients with cryptotia since 1992. There were no postoperative ...