Red ear syndrome: Literature review and a pediatric case report Journal Articles

abstract

• Red ear syndrome (RES) is characterized by recurrent unilateral or bilateral painful attacks of the external ear, accompanied by ear redness, burning, or warmth. Proposed etiologies of this rare condition include dysregulation of sympathetic outflow, upper cervical pathology, glossopharyngeal and trigeminal neuralgia, TMJ dysfunction, thalamic syndrome, and primary headache syndromes. Idiopathic cases also exist in the literature. Pediatric cases are particularly rare and more commonly associated with migraine. Given the various potential etiologies, no single treatment is effective in all cases. This paper summarizes the current understanding and management of RES, and describes a case of idiopathic pediatric RES.

authors

• Moitri, Misha O
• Banglawala, Sarfaraz M
• Archibald, Jason

status

• published 

publication date

• March 2015

has subject area

• 1103 Clinical Sciences (FoR)
• 1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine (FoR)
• Child, Preschool (MeSH)
• Ear Diseases (MeSH)
• Ear, External (MeSH)
• Erythema (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Male (MeSH)
• Pain (MeSH)
• Rare Diseases (MeSH)
• Syndrome (MeSH)

published in

• International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology  Journal

keywords

• Auricle
• Child, Preschool
• Ear Diseases
• Ear, External
• Erythema
• Humans
• Male
• Management
• Pain
• Rare Diseases
• Red ear syndrome
• Syndrome

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.ijporl.2014.12.023

PubMed ID

• 25583087

start page

• 281

end page

• 285

volume

• 79

issue

• 3