Ramsay hunt syndrome: A diagnostic challenge for general dental practitioners
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Ramsay Hunt Syndrome: A Diagnostic Challenge for General Dental Practitioners
Ramsay hunt syndrome is not just a syndrome but it's rather an infectious disease caused by reactivation of latent varicella-zoster virus in geniculate ganglion. This was first explained by J. Ramsay Hunt as a triad of complications like otalgia, mucosal and cutaneous rashes with or without trigeminal facial palsy. The facial palsy can occur with characteristic vesicles along the path of nerve....
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Ramsay Hunt Syndrome (RHS), also called Herpes Zoster Oticus (HZO), is a rare, severe complication of varicella zoster virus (VZV) reactivation in the geniculate ganglion. The classic triad consists of otalgia, vesicles in the auditory canal and ipsilateral facial paralysis [1]. Facial palsy, which occurs annually in 30 of 100 000 individuals in the general population, may have various causes, ...
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The strict definition of the Ramsay Hunt syndrome is peripheral facial nerve palsy accompanied by an erythematous vesicular rash on the ear (zoster oticus) or in the mouth. J Ramsay Hunt, who described various clinical presentations of facial paralysis and rash, also recognised other frequent symptoms and signs such as tinnitus, hearing loss, nausea, vomiting, vertigo, and nystagmus. He explain...
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Ramsay Hunt syndrome (RHS) is the reactivation of herpes zoster in the geniculate ganglion and typically presents the triad of ipsilateral peripheral type facial paralysis, ear pain, and erythematous vesicles in the external auditory canal and auricle. However, some unusual variants may occur. Here we present a patient of atypical RHS with uncommonly extensive dermatomal involvement of cranial ...
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Ramsay Hunt syndrome is a rare viral infection of the facial nerve causing otalgia, hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo, and paresis.
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عنوان ژورنال: Contemporary Clinical Dentistry
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0976-237X
DOI: 10.4103/ccd.ccd_1099_16