Frey's Syndrome After Herpes Zoster Virus Infection in a 2-Year-Old Girl.
Frey's syndrome is characterized by sweating and flushing in the temporal and preauricular areas after a salivary stimulus. It is caused by damage to the auriculotemporal nerve, hence the alternative name of auriculotemporal syndrome. We report the case of a 2-year-old girl presenting with postprandial unilateral flushing that developed after a herpes zoster infection.
Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Pieter
P
Bourgeois
Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Marie-Anne
MA
Morren
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005483:Flushing / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000821:virology*; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013547:Sweating, Gustatory / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*