Question 65 (part 2) · LDEK · Salivary gland diseases

Frey’s syndrome (neuralgia of auriculotemporal nerve) may be a complication of:

  1. A. submandibular salivary gland enucleation.
  2. B. sublingual salivary gland enucleation.
  3. C. parotid salivary gland enucleation.
  4. D. orbital blowout fracture.
  5. E. naso-orbito-frontal complex fracture.
Hint

Think of which gland receives parasympathetic secretory fibres that travel with the auriculotemporal nerve.

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