A Case of Ramsay Hunt Syndrome with Atypical Presentation

Ramsay Hunt syndrome is a rare complication of herpes zoster which results from the reactivation of the latent varicella-zoster virus in the geniculate ganglion. Although facial nerve is the most common affected nerve in Ramsay Hunt syndrome, other cranial and cervical nerves can also be affected. W...

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Autores principales: KAYAYURT, Kamil, YAVASI, Ozcan, BILIR, Ozlem, ERSUNAN, Gokhan, GIAKOUP, Baris
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4909961/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27355092
http://dx.doi.org/10.5505/1304.7361.2014.82788
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author KAYAYURT, Kamil
YAVASI, Ozcan
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description Ramsay Hunt syndrome is a rare complication of herpes zoster which results from the reactivation of the latent varicella-zoster virus in the geniculate ganglion. Although facial nerve is the most common affected nerve in Ramsay Hunt syndrome, other cranial and cervical nerves can also be affected. We present an atypical case of Ramsay Hunt syndrome in a 42-year-old male, with cervical nerve involvement. As spontaneous recovery rate in Ramsay Hunt syndrome is low, early diagnosis and treatment plays a key role in full recovery of paralysis.
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spelling pubmed-49099612016-06-28 A Case of Ramsay Hunt Syndrome with Atypical Presentation KAYAYURT, Kamil YAVASI, Ozcan BILIR, Ozlem ERSUNAN, Gokhan GIAKOUP, Baris Turk J Emerg Med Case Report Ramsay Hunt syndrome is a rare complication of herpes zoster which results from the reactivation of the latent varicella-zoster virus in the geniculate ganglion. Although facial nerve is the most common affected nerve in Ramsay Hunt syndrome, other cranial and cervical nerves can also be affected. We present an atypical case of Ramsay Hunt syndrome in a 42-year-old male, with cervical nerve involvement. As spontaneous recovery rate in Ramsay Hunt syndrome is low, early diagnosis and treatment plays a key role in full recovery of paralysis. Elsevier 2016-02-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4909961/ /pubmed/27355092 http://dx.doi.org/10.5505/1304.7361.2014.82788 Text en © 2014 Emergency Medicine Association of Turkey. Production and Hosting by Elsevier B.V. Originally published in [2014] by Kare Publishing. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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