Chronic pain related to first bite syndrome: report of two cases

Huda Albasri; Karen A Eley; Nadeem R Saeed

doi:10.1016/j.bjoms.2009.10.035

Chronic pain related to first bite syndrome: report of two cases

Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2011 Mar;49(2):154-6. doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2009.10.035. Epub 2010 Mar 16.

Authors

Huda Albasri¹, Karen A Eley, Nadeem R Saeed

Affiliation

¹ Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK.

PMID: 20236742
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2009.10.035

Abstract

First bite syndrome is the classic symptomatology of pain in the parotid region that occurs in response to the first bite of a meal. We report two cases of this syndrome in patients after operations to the parapharyngeal space.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Chronic Disease
Facial Pain / etiology*
Head and Neck Neoplasms / surgery
Humans
Male
Mastication*
Paraganglioma / surgery
Parotid Gland / innervation*
Pharynx / surgery
Superior Cervical Ganglion / injuries*
Syndrome
Young Adult