Unilateral Facial Paralysis Caused by Ramsay Hunt Syndrome
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2011-09-01
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Pereira, Flavia P. [UNESP]
Guskuma, Marcos H. [UNESP]
Luvizuto, Eloa R. [UNESP]
Faco, Eduardo F. S. [UNESP]
Magro Filho, Osvaldo [UNESP]
Hochuli-Vieira, Eduardo [UNESP]
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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The Ramsay Hunt syndrome is a rare disease caused by an infection of the geniculate ganglion by the varicella-zoster virus. The main clinical features of the syndrome are as follows: Bell palsy unilateral or bilateral, vesicular eruptions on the ears, ear pain, dizziness, preauricular swelling, tingling, tearing, loss of taste sensation, and nystagmus. We describe a 23-year-old white woman, who presented with facial paralysis on the left side of the face, pain, fever, ear pain, and swelling in the neck and auricular region on the left side. She received appropriate treatment with acyclovir, vitamin B complex, and CMP nucleus. After 30 days after presentation, the patient did not show any signs or symptoms of the syndrome. At follow-up at 1 year, she showed no relapse of the syndrome.
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Ramsay Hunt syndrome, varicella-zoster virus, syndrome, geniculate ganglion
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Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, v. 22, n. 5, p. 1961-1963, 2011.