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Preferred term

Herpes Zoster Oticus  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

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)

Entry terms

  • Auricular Syndrome of Ramsay Hunt
  • Geniculate Herpes Zoster
  • Herpes Zoster Auricularis
  • Herpes Zoster Cephalicus
  • Herpetic Geniculate Ganglionitis
  • Neuralgia, Geniculate
  • Ramsay Hunt Auricular Syndrome
  • Ramsay Hunt Syndrome

In other languages

  • French

  • Ganglionite géniculée zostérienne
  • Herpes zoster oticus
  • Maladie de Ramsay Hunt
  • Névragie du ganglion géniculé
  • Paralysie faciale zostérienne
  • Syndrome de Hunt
  • Syndrome de Ramsay Hunt
  • Zona du ganglion géniculé
  • Zona géniculé
  • Zona otitique

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-ZZB480C5-N

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