Ramsay Hunt Syndrome in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis after Treatment with Infliximab

A 39-year-old female patient with rheumatoid arthritis developed Ramsay Hunt syndrome after infliximab treatment. This condition is caused by the reactivation of varicella zoster virus infection in the geniculate ganglion of facial nerve in the host's immunosuppression. She was treated immediat...

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Autores principales: Nagayama, Yoshio, Matsushiro, Naoki, Nampei, Akihide, Hashimoto, Hideo, Shi, Kenrin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3934085/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24660085
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/897647
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author Nagayama, Yoshio
Matsushiro, Naoki
Nampei, Akihide
Hashimoto, Hideo
Shi, Kenrin
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Matsushiro, Naoki
Nampei, Akihide
Hashimoto, Hideo
Shi, Kenrin
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description A 39-year-old female patient with rheumatoid arthritis developed Ramsay Hunt syndrome after infliximab treatment. This condition is caused by the reactivation of varicella zoster virus infection in the geniculate ganglion of facial nerve in the host's immunosuppression. She was treated immediately with valaciclovir and hydrocortisone, and the complete recovery was achieved at 6 months after the onset. This is the first report of Ramsay Hunt syndrome as an adverse effect of infliximab in rheumatoid arthritis.
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spelling pubmed-39340852014-03-23 Ramsay Hunt Syndrome in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis after Treatment with Infliximab Nagayama, Yoshio Matsushiro, Naoki Nampei, Akihide Hashimoto, Hideo Shi, Kenrin Case Rep Rheumatol Case Report A 39-year-old female patient with rheumatoid arthritis developed Ramsay Hunt syndrome after infliximab treatment. This condition is caused by the reactivation of varicella zoster virus infection in the geniculate ganglion of facial nerve in the host's immunosuppression. She was treated immediately with valaciclovir and hydrocortisone, and the complete recovery was achieved at 6 months after the onset. This is the first report of Ramsay Hunt syndrome as an adverse effect of infliximab in rheumatoid arthritis. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-02-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3934085/ /pubmed/24660085 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/897647 Text en Copyright © 2014 Yoshio Nagayama et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Ramsay Hunt Syndrome in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis after Treatment with Infliximab
title_full Ramsay Hunt Syndrome in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis after Treatment with Infliximab
title_fullStr Ramsay Hunt Syndrome in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis after Treatment with Infliximab
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title_short Ramsay Hunt Syndrome in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis after Treatment with Infliximab
title_sort ramsay hunt syndrome in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis after treatment with infliximab
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3934085/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/897647
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