A CASE OF MRI-NEGATIVE HERPES VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS PRESENTED BY RAMSAY HUNT SYNDROME

Ramsay Hunt syndrome (RHS) occurs due to reactivation of latent Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) infection in the geniculate ganglion of the facial nerve. Major clinical symptoms include ipsilateral facial paralysis, otic pain, and herpetic vesicles (rashes) along the nerve with accompanying ear pain. Rarely clinical findings include retrograde transaxonal spread of the virus from the ganglion into the brain parenchyma with developing the encephalitis or multiple cranial nerve involvement. We describe here a patient with both RHS along with complicating brainstem encephalitis developed due to the coinfection of VZV and EBV.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:73

Enthalten in:

Wiadomosci lekarskie (Warsaw, Poland : 1960) - 73(2020), 11 vom: 15., Seite 2555-2556

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dyachenko, Pavel A [VerfasserIn]
Dyachenko, Anatoly G [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Case Reports
Encephalitis
Facial paralysis
Journal Article
Ramsay Hunt syndrome
VZV

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 19.01.2021

Date Revised 19.01.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM320173828