2023
DOI: 10.4236/crcm.2023.127031
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Atypical Presentation of Ramsay Hunt Syndrome without Facial Palsy in an Immunocompetent Senegalese Adulte Patient

Daouda Thioub,
Aboubakar T. Ibrahim,
Khardiata Diallo-Mbaye
et al.

Abstract: First described in 1907 by James Ramsay Hunt, Ramsay Hunt syndrome is a recurrence (reactivation) of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) affecting the geniculate ganglion, secondary to a decrease in cell-mediated immunity. The strict definition of Ramsay Hunt syndrome is peripheral facial nerve palsy accompanied by erythematous vesicular rash on the ear. We report a 57-year-old female immunocompetent patient complaining of otalgia, small vesicles on the Ramsey Hunt Zone. She does not complain fever, hearing loss, nau… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...

Citation Types

0
0
0

Publication Types

Select...

Relationship

0
0

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 0 publications
references
References 9 publications
0
0
0
Order By: Relevance

No citations

Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?