Table 2.
Characteristics of 121 patients 0.15 to 79 years of age affected by auriculotemporal Frey syndrome without history of salivary gland, neck, or facelift surgery. Date are presented either as frequency or as median and interquartile range
| All | Cause found | Unknown causes◆ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forceps birth | Further causes | |||
| N | 121 | 63 | 22 | 36 |
| Males to Females | 67:54 | 41:22✙ | 11:11 | 16:20 |
| Age at onset of symptoms | ||||
| Years | 0.6 [0.4–1.0] | 0.5 [0.4–0.6] | 5.8● [1.3–18] | 0.5 [0.4–1.2] |
| ≤ 18 years, N | 113 | 63 | 16 | 34 |
| Time to diagnosis | ||||
| Months | 7.2 [1.2–24] | 7.2 [1.2–36] | 6.0 [0.0–16] | 3.6 [0.0–17] |
| ≥ 12 months, N | 55 | 30 | 12 | 13 |
| Familiarity, N | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Laterality | ||||
| Unilateral | 100 | 59 | 20 | 21 |
| Right | 56 | 36 | 12 | 8 |
| Left | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 |
| Unspecified | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Bilateral | 21 | 4 | 2 | 15⤬ |
| Allergy investigation | 60 | 40 | 4 | 16 |
| Without testing | 25 | 16 | 8 | 1 |
| With testing | 35 | 24 | 3 | 8 |
◆Delivery was explicitly non-forceps-assisted in 31 of the 36 cases (no corresponding information was available for the remaining cases). ✙P < 0.05 versus non-forceps. ●P < 0.05 versus forceps birth and unknown causes. ⤬P < 0.0001 versus further cases and forceps-assisted birth