Ramsay Hunt syndrome


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Noun1.Ramsay Hunt syndrome - syndrome resulting from infection by the herpes varicella zoster virus; characterized by vertigo and pain in the ears and facial nerve paralysis and sometimes hearing loss
syndrome - a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease
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Doctors diagnosed Vhari with Ramsay Hunt syndrome August last year - a rare form of shingles that attacks the facial nerves.
Mum, 40, who thought she had small cough wakes up with half her face paralysed; Vhari King, 40, a nurse from Norwich, burst into tears when she asked a doctor if she would be able to smile again and he couldn't give an answer
Ramsay hunt syndrome complicated by brainstem encephalitis in varicella-zoster virus infection.
A Case Report on Acquired Tufted Angioma with Severe Pain after Healed Herpes Zoster
Ramsay Hunt syndrome. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2001; 71:149-154.
Typical or Atypical Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome in Delayed Facial Palsy After Stapedectomy?
Keywords: Ramsay Hunt syndrome, encephalitis, Varicella-zoster virus
Coexistence of Atypical Ramsay Hunt Syndrome and Varicella-Zoster Virus Encephalitis/Atipik Ramsay Hunt Sendromu ve Varisella-Zoster Virus Ensefaliti Birlikteligi
Ramsay Hunt syndrome occurs when we have shingles, which affects the nerves on the face.
Pain management: Listen to your body
Ramsay Hunt syndrome may result in facial paralysis and hearing loss when there is involvement of the facial or auditory nerve.
Herpes zoster
Trigeminal herpes zoster and ramsay hunt syndrome with a lesion in the spinal trigeminal nucleus and tract.
IMAGING EVALUATION OF TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA/Trigeminal Nevraljide Goruntuleme
Based on our patient's clinical presentation, we diagnosed herpes zoster oticus--also known as Ramsay Hunt syndrome. This syndrome is a rare complication of herpes zoster that occurs when latent varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection reactivates and spreads to affect the geniculate ganglion.
Sore throat and left ear pain: this elderly patient's unilateral pattern of symptoms was key to the diagnosis
encephalomyelitis, and 1 case of Ramsay Hunt syndrome. In children with acute nonstroke complications, neurologic symptoms occurred a median 5 days after the onset of rash, but neurologic symptoms predated the onset of rash in five cases and in two cases there were no exanthems.
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One case of facial nerve involvement with Ramsay hunt syndrome was present.
Herpese zoster: a clinical study
Ramsay Hunt syndrome (RHS) is caused by reactivation of varicella zoster virus (VZV) [1].
A case of associated laryngeal paralysis caused by varicella zoster virus without eruption
Although rarely seen, recurrent idiopathic facial paralysis might be observed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome. Ramsay Hunt syndrome (herpes zoster oticus) is the infection of geniculate ganglia by varicella zoster.
Recurrent idiopathic facial paralysis: a case report / Tekrarlayan idiyopatik fasial paralizi: olgu sunumu

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