Herpes zoster oticus-diagnosis and treatment. 1992

K J O'Driscoll, and D P McShane
Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin.

Four cases of Herpes Zoster Oticus (HZO) with facial paralysis are presented. HZO is a Herpes Zoster viral infection of the Geniculate Ganglion of the facial nerve. It presents classically with severe otalgia, a vesicular rash in the Concha or on the Pinna of the affected ear in association with a lower motor neurone lesion of the homolateral facial nerve. There also may be labyrinthine symptoms, sensineural hearing loss and vesicular eruptions in the regions supplied by the vagus and glossopharyngeal nerves viz, hypopharynx and oropharynx as these nerves communicate with the facial nerve. Treatment consists of Acyclovir. One reference in the past refers to a clustering of the condition and its predisposition for females. Interestingly all cases presented were referred with incorrect diagnoses.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D003937 Diagnosis, Differential Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures. Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D016697 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) Geniculate Herpes Zoster,Neuralgia, Geniculate,Ramsay Hunt Auricular Syndrome,Ramsay Hunt Syndrome,Auricular Syndrome of Ramsay Hunt,Herpes Zoster Auricularis,Herpes Zoster Cephalicus,Herpetic Geniculate Ganglionitis,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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