RAMSAY HUNT SYNDROME: CASE REPORT IN THE OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY SERVICE

Authors

  • Camila Batista Caixeta Author
  • Mariana Ribeiro Bocchi Author
  • Victoria Andrade Andrade Author
  • Marcelo de Souza Mello Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56238/

Keywords:

Peripheral Facial Paralysis, Ramsay-hunt Syndrome, Varicella-zoster Virus, Otology

Abstract

Ramsay Hunt syndrome, described by James Ramsay Hunt in 1907, results from the reactivation of the Varicella-Zoster virus in the geniculate ganglion of the facial nerve. The condition is characterized by the classic triad of otalgia, vesicular eruption in the pinna or external auditory canal, and ipsilateral peripheral facial paralysis. It may also present with cochleovestibular symptoms, including sensorineural hearing loss, vertigo, and tinnitus, due to involvement of the vestibulocochlear nerve (cranial nerve VIII).

DOI: 10.56238/edimpacto2025.060-013

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Published

2025-09-17

Issue

Health Sciences - 2° Edição

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Articles