A Case of Herpes Zoster Oticus

Authors

  • Hoshang Saghari Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,Iran.
  • Mitra Eshghpour Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,Iran.
Abstract:

SUMMARY Herpes Zoster Cephalicus or Ramsey-Hunt syndrome is second only to Bells palsy as the most common cause of acute facial paralysis. The varicclla zoster virus is thought to be responsible for this syndrome; Involvement or the racial and auditory nerve. In this article, a patient who was admitted with vesticular eruption of the external car with facial paralysis, and auditory symptoms is reported. The literature on Herpes zoster is also reviewed.

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volume 16  issue 3

pages  80- 82

publication date 1992-09

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