JUL 10, oncology verse: facial nerve malfunction

a) Reprise from material posted on July 10 in previous years ...

2020: reprehensible modern history, broken arrow (poem - 'brief saga')
2021: basic medical science, radiation exposure (illustrated poem - 'brief saga')
2022: singular plurals, careers (poem - 'brief saga')
2023: national verse, France (poem - 'brief saga')

b) Today's Offering (Jul 10, 2024)

poetry lyrics:/ 'Twas a slow-growing lump in parotid/ To preserve facial nerve,
 surgery slotted./ Now my tumor's excised,/ Facial branches revised:/
 One ear sweats when I chew food allotted. 

Authors' Note:  Following manipulation of the facial nerve during parotid gland surgery, bizarre malfunction often occurs. Sweating in the region around one ear provoked by eating, a state known as Frei’s syndrome, is seen commonly and may persits indefinitely. 

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