Varicella Zoster Virus Infection of the Pharynx and Larynx without Vocal Cord Palsy
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Varicella zoster virus infection of the pharynx and larynx with multiple cranial neuropathies.
Varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection of the head and neck region may present with various clinical symptoms, involving different entities and different routes of viral spreading. We present a case of VZV infection of the pharynx and larynx with multiple cranial nerve (CN) neuropathies (CN VII, VIII, IX, and X) of a 52-year-old woman who complained of the sudden onset of hoarseness, odynophagi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2092-5859
DOI: 10.3342/kjorl-hns.2016.17566