Ramsay Hunt syndrome

Pan Afr Med J. 2019 Dec 16:34:201. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2019.34.201.19207. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Yaseer Muhammad Tareq Khan¹, Nishat Fatema²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Acute Internal Medicine, East Surrey Hospital, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, Canada Ave, Redhill RH1 5RH, United Kingdom.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Imperial Hospital Limited, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

No abstract available

Keywords: Ramsay Hunt syndrome; facial nerve palsy; herpes zoster oticus.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Administration, Oral
Antiviral Agents / administration & dosage
Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
Drug Therapy, Combination
Earache / etiology
Facial Paralysis / diagnosis
Facial Paralysis / etiology*
Glucocorticoids / administration & dosage
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
Herpes Zoster Oticus / drug therapy
Herpes Zoster Oticus / pathology*
Herpes Zoster Oticus / virology*
Herpesvirus 3, Human / isolation & purification
Humans
Hypesthesia / etiology
Male
Middle Aged
Prednisolone / administration & dosage
Prednisolone / therapeutic use
Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / pathology*
Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / virology
Trigeminal Nerve / physiopathology
Trigeminal Nerve / virology
Valacyclovir / administration & dosage
Valacyclovir / therapeutic use
Varicella Zoster Virus Infection / complications
Varicella Zoster Virus Infection / virology

Substances

Antiviral Agents
Glucocorticoids
Prednisolone
Valacyclovir