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That tumor might have arisen from any of the lower four cranial nerves where they pass through the skull base, from the auriculotemporal nerve, or from the otic ganglion (which acts as a relay station for parasympathetic secretomotor fibers to the parotid gland).
The most commonly reported form is Frey's syndrome, which results from surgical or traumatic damage to the auriculotemporal nerve as it passes through the parotid gland.
The prestyloid compartment contains the internal maxillary artery, the lingual nerve, the inferior alveolar nerve, and the auriculotemporal nerve.
 
 
 
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