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Post-traumatic auriculotemporal neuralgia: A previously unreported complication of endaural incision

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Auriculotemporal neuralgia is a rare form of facial pain. In this report, the author presents a case of auriculotemporal neuralgia following an endaural incision. This condition has not been previously documented in the literature.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, El-Sahel Teaching Hospital, Cairo, Egypt

    Kamal G. Effat

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Effat, K.G. Post-traumatic auriculotemporal neuralgia: A previously unreported complication of endaural incision. Egypt J Otolaryngol 30, 180–181 (2014). https://doi.org/10.4103/1012-5574.133225

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