title: Unilateral facial paralysis caused by Ramsay Hunt syndrome.
abstract: The Ramsay Hunt syndrome is a rare disease caused by an infection of the geniculate ganglion by the varicella-zoster virus. The main clinical features of the syndrome are as follows: Bell palsy unilateral or bilateral, vesicular eruptions on the ears, ear pain, dizziness, preauricular swelling, tingling, tearing, loss of taste sensation, and nystagmus. We describe a 23-year-old white woman, who presented with facial paralysis on the left side of the face, pain, fever, ear pain, and swelling in the neck and auricular region on the left side. She received appropriate treatment with acyclovir, vitamin B complex, and CMP nucleus. After 30 days after presentation, the patient did not show any signs or symptoms of the syndrome. At follow-up at 1 year, she showed no relapse of the syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Integrated Clinic, UNESP, Araçatuba Dental School, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Flávia P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Marcos H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Guskuma
authors.forename: Eloá R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Luvizuto
authors.forename: Eduardo F S
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Faco
authors.forename: Osvaldo
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Magro-Filho
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hochuli-Vieira
mesh_terms: D000212:Acyclovir / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003568:Cytidine Monophosphate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D016697:Herpes Zoster Oticus / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D002527:Myoclonic Cerebellar Dyssynergia; D014803:Vitamin B Complex / Q000627:therapeutic use; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D014803:Vitamin B Complex; D003568:Cytidine Monophosphate; D000212:Acyclovir