A 31-year-old man complained of recurrent episodes of left-dominant facial flushing and sweating precipitated by eating. He previously broke his bilateral mandibular condyles and was treated with conservative management. He recovered uneventfully but developed these symptoms a month after the injury. He had no history nor symptoms of a food allergy, so auriculotemporal nerve syndrome was suspec...

BACKGROUND Auriculotemporal nerve syndrome is characterised by recurrent episodes of facial gustatory flushing and/or sweating along the cutaneous distribution of the auriculotemporal nerve. The condition is rare in children and is normally a sequel of perinatal birth trauma. We report a case of a sixteen-month-old boy referred by paediatric oncology with recurrent, unilateral facial flushing o...

Frey's syndrome is the occurrence of hyperesthesia, flushing and warmth or sweating over the distribution of the auriculotemporal nerve and/or greater auricular nerve while eating foods that produce a strong salivary stimulus. Frey's syndrome is also known as auriculotemporal syndrome and gustatory sweating. We present a case of Frey's syndrome after a condylar fracture and its treatment by int...

The auriculotemporal syndrome which develops after injury to the parotid gland, consists of flushing and profuse sweating, upon eating, over the cutaneous distribution of the auriculotemporal nerve on the injured side. Although there have been few cases reported since the original description by Frey (1) in 1923, the syndrome is not rare, having been noted repeatedly, for-example, in clinics ob...

INTRODUCTION T diagnosis of food allergy can be challenging and many conditions can mimic food allergy. It is imperative to differentiate true food allergy from the ‘mimics’ of food allergy, particularly in children eliminating multiple foods from their diet. This case report describes a child with features of Auriculotemporal (Frey’s) syndrome, posing as multiple food allergies. The child was ...

INTRODUCTION Auriculotemporal nerve syndrome is characterized by erythema, perspiration, heat and pain localized in the area supplied by the auriculotemporal nerve in response to gustatory stimuli after the ingestion of different types of food. This syndrome may be confused with food allergy. CASE REPORT A 21-year-old woman complained of erythema, sweat and heat in the right cheek after intak...