Review Article
Year: 2022 | Month: February | Volume: 9 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 432-435
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20220255
The Crocodile Tear Syndrome
Hani Yousuf Naik1, Mahima Goel2, Nida Baloch3, Karan Thakkar4, Suhani Sharma5, Nikita Saha6
1Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon – MDS, I.T.S Dental College and Research Centre, Greater Noida, Delhi NCR
2Professor – Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Pacific Dental College and Research Centre, Udaipur, Rajasthan
3,4Dental Surgeon – BDS, Pacific Dental College and Research Centre, Udaipur, Rajasthan
5,6Intern – BDS, Pacific Dental College and Research Centre, Udaipur, Rajasthan
Corresponding Author: Hani Yousuf Naik
ABSTRACT
The Gusto-lacrimal reflex (The syndrome of Unilateral Lacrimation) associated with eating or drinking was first described by Oppenheim in 1913 and further elaborated by Bogarad in 1928- who called it the SYNDROME OF “CROCODILE TEARS.”
The notion that the crocodile, a ferocious predator, will weep over a man’s head after it has devoured the body and then eat up the head too was the theme of one of the many scientific anecdotes of Pliny the Elder.
Keywords: Intermediate nerve of Wrisberg, Misdrection of regenerating nerve fibers.
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