Question 9 (part 2) · LDEK · Salivary gland diseases
Choose true statements regarding treatment of Frey syndrome:
1) severing the tympanic nerve;
2) severing the glossopharyngeal nerve;
3) in most cases the symptoms subside spontaneously;
4) microvascular decompression (MVD);
5) electrostimulation.
Correct answer is:
2) severing the glossopharyngeal nerve;
3) in most cases the symptoms subside spontaneously;
4) microvascular decompression (MVD);
5) electrostimulation.
Correct answer is:
- A. 1,3.
- B. 1,4.
- C. 2,3.
- D. 1,2.
- E. 2,5.
Hint
Frey syndrome arises from misdirected parasympathetic fibres; surgical treatment interrupts their route from the ninth cranial nerve.
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