Diseases

Herpes Zoster Oticus

A syndrome characterized by facial palsy in association with a herpetic eruption of the external auditory meatus. This may occasionally be associated with tinnitus, vertigo, deafness, severe otalgia, and inflammation of the pinna. The condition is caused by reactivation of a latent HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN infection which causes inflammation of the facial and vestibular nerves, and may occasionally involve additional cranial nerves. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p757)

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A syndrome characterized by facial palsy in association with a herpetic eruption of the external auditory meatus. This may occasionally be associated with tinnitus, vertigo, deafness, severe otalgia, and inflammation of the pinna. The condition is caused by reactivation of a latent HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN infection which causes inflammation of the facial and vestibular nerves, and may occasionally involve additional cranial nerves. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p757)

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17 entry terms
  • Auricular Syndrome of Ramsay Hunt
  • Geniculate Herpes Zoster
  • Herpes Zoster Auricularis
  • Herpes Zoster Cephalicus
  • Herpetic Geniculate Ganglionitis
  • Neuralgia, Geniculate
  • Ramsay Hunt Auricular Syndrome
  • Ramsay Hunt Syndrome
  • Ganglionitis, Herpetic Geniculate
  • Geniculate Ganglionitides, Herpetic
  • Geniculate Ganglionitis, Herpetic
  • Geniculate Neuralgia
  • Geniculate Neuralgias
  • Herpes Zoster, Geniculate
  • Herpetic Geniculate Ganglionitides
  • Neuralgias, Geniculate
  • Syndrome, Ramsay Hunt

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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do not confuse entry term RAMSAY HUNT SYNDROME with RAMSAY HUNT PARALYSIS SYNDROME see PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS or RAMSAY HUNT CEREBELLAR SYNDROME see MYOCLONIC CEREBELLAR DYSSYNERGlA

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  • Facial Paralysis (1966-1991)
  • Herpes Zoster (1966-1991)

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  1. C01w.925w.256.466.930.750w.733w
  2. C07.465w.299.750w
  3. C09.218w.513w
  4. C10w.292w.319.750w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Herpes Zoster Oticus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016697. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016697
  2. Herpes Zoster Oticus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsay_Hunt_syndrome_type_2
  3. Herpes Zoster Oticus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1648128