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. 2022 Feb 19;181(5):2127–2134. doi: 10.1007/s00431-022-04415-w

Table 3.

Causes other than forceps-assisted delivery in 22 subjects (11 males and 11 females) with Frey syndrome without history of surgery

Cause No Age at symptoms onset (years) References
Blunt face trauma
    With mandibular condyle facture 8 2.1, 13, 17, 22, 23, 26, 28, adulthood [11, 13, 21, 25, 52, 55, 61, 75]
    Without mandibular condyle fracture 1 0.4 [14]
Congenital neurocutaneous syndrome
    Neurofibromatosis type 1 4 0.4, 0.8, 1.2, 5.8 [51, 53, 80]
    PHACE syndrome 1 0.1 [81]
Auriculotemporal nerve neuritis
    Herpes simplex virus 2 6.0, 20 [29, 74]
    Varicella zoster virus 2 1.2, 6.5 [64, 76]
Further causes
    Trifid mandibular condyle 1 Childhood [60]
    Facial burns 1 Childhood [77]
    Parotid hemangiopericytoma 1 1.3 [47]
    Moebius syndrome 1 0.7 [73]