Preferred Label : herpes zoster oticus;

MeSH definition : 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);

MeSH synonym : ganglionitis, herpetic geniculate; geniculate herpes zoster; geniculate neuralgia; herpetic geniculate ganglionitides; ramsay hunt auricular syndrome; herpetic geniculate ganglionitis; geniculate ganglionitides, herpetic; geniculate ganglionitis, herpetic; herpes zoster, geniculate; auricular syndrome of ramsay hunt; herpes zoster cephalicus; herpes zoster auricularis; neuralgia, geniculate; geniculate neuralgias; neuralgias, geniculate; ramsay hunt syndrome; syndrome, ramsay hunt;

MeSH annotation : 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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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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