TY - JOUR T1 - Frey’s syndrome as a differential diagnosis for food allergy: a case report JF - BJGP Open JO - Br J Gen Pract Open DO - 10.3399/bjgpopen17X100653 VL - 1 IS - 1 SP - bjgpopen17X100653 AU - Nia Williams AU - Nandinee Patel AU - Abbas Khakoo Y1 - 2017/04/05 UR - http://bjgpopen.org/content/1/1/bjgpopen17X100653.abstract N2 - Frey’s syndrome, or auricotemporal syndrome leads to facial flushing and a rash associated with eating certain foods.1,2 It is caused by injury to the auriculotemporal nerve, whether by trauma or following surgery to or around the nerve.1–4 This case describes a child who was referred by their GP to a paediatric allergy specialist and was later diagnosed with Frey’s syndrome.A 5-year-old girl presented to her GP with a history of an erythematous rash that appeared on her left cheek associated with eating certain foods including strawberries, apples, and sweets. The rash would appear immediately on mastication and would entirely disappear within 30 minutes of ingestion.Her medical history was unremarkable apart from a road traffic accident at 3 years of age when she suffered facial and … ER -