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Forehead and scalp gustatory sweating after temporomandibular joint surgery: an atypical presentation of Frey’s syndrome

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Bianca Caliò has nothing to disclose. Gregor K. Wenning: research support from the Austrian Autonomic Society, Austrian National Bank Jubilee Fonds, Austrian Neurology Society, Austrian Parkinson Society, Austrian Science Foundation, Guide point-USA, Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier, Michael J Fox Foundation, MSA Coalition, Parkinson Fonds Austria, Tirol Kliniken, Tyrolean Science Foundation; and consulting and/or lecture fees from Abbvie, Affiris, Alterity, BIAL, Biogen, Biohaven, Cytora, Hoffman RocheNovartis, Inbeeo LTD, Inhibicase, IONIS, Lundbeck, Minoryx, Ono Pharma, PRANA, Takeda, TEVA, Thearavance Biopharma, UniQure, Vaxxinity and Yumanity, outside of the present work. Alessandra Fanciulli: royalties from Springer Verlag, speaker fees and honoraria from Healthware, Stopp-HSP, Theravance Biopharma, the Austrian Autonomic Society, the Austrian Neurology Society, the International Parkinson Disease and Movement Disorders Society; and research grants from the Austrian Science Fund, Austrian Exchange Program, Parkinson Fund, Dr Johannes and Hertha Tuba Foundation and US MSA Coalition, outside of the present work. Carlo Colosimo: royalties from Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press, speaker fees and honoraria from BIAL, Ipsen, the International Parkinson Disease and Movement Disorders Society, outside of the present work.

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  1. Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

    Bianca Caliò

  2. Department of Neurology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria

    Bianca Caliò, Gregor K. Wenning & Alessandra Fanciulli

  3. Dysautonomia Center, Division of Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria

    Bianca Caliò, Gregor K. Wenning & Alessandra Fanciulli

  4. Department of Neurology, Santa Maria University Hospital, Terni, Italy

    Carlo Colosimo

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Study design and conception: BC, GKW, AF and CC. Material analysis: BC, AF and CC. Writing of the first draft: BC. Manuscript review: GKW, AF and CC.

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Correspondence to Alessandra Fanciulli.

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This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. Bianca Caliò is supported by the European Erasmus Program. The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest relevant to this work.

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Caliò, B., Wenning, G.K., Fanciulli, A. et al. Forehead and scalp gustatory sweating after temporomandibular joint surgery: an atypical presentation of Frey’s syndrome. Clin Auton Res (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10286-023-00931-3

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Keywords

  • Gustatory sweating
  • Frey’s syndrome
  • Botulinum toxin