The syndrome of isolated disturbance of the tympanic nerve.
In a patient with cerebrocranial trauma that resulted in a fracture of the pyramid of temporal bone, disappearance of neurologic and otologic symptoms was followed for a long period by an isolated disturbance of the tympanic nerve, in the form of the postdenervation syndrome of a parotid gland and, in particular, of the atropine sulfate salivatory paradox.
D000328:Adult; D001285:Atropine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000294:innervation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009410:Nerve Degeneration; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000503:physiopathology; D013577:Syndrome
D001285:Atropine