Korean J Clin Neurophysiol.  2013 Dec;15(2):71-73. 10.14253/kjcn.2013.15.2.71.

A Case of Ramsay Hunt Syndrome with Multicranial Nerve Palsy

• Park JS
• Choi DH
• Lee HW

• KMID: 1863278
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.14253/kjcn.2013.15.2.71

Abstract

No abstract available.

Keyword

Ramsay Hunt syndrome; Varicella zoster; Multi-cranial nerve palsy

MeSH Terms

Herpes Zoster Oticus*
Paralysis*

Figure

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  Figure 1. The patient shows a peripheral type left facial nerve palsy (A). The laryngoscopy demonstrates a prominent left vocal cord palsy in the patient (B). The residual foodstuffs are seen to remain in the piriform sinus and vallecular fossa in the videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) (C). The Brain magnetic resonance imaging shows an enhancement along the internal acoustic canal, vestibular organ and left facial nerve (D).

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