title: Ramsay hunt syndrome in a person with HIV disease.
abstract: We report a case of 45-yr-old HIV positive male who presented with herpes zoster oticus at the time of diagnosis of his HIV status. The patient had vertigo, painful vesicular eruptions on the right ear and unilateral sensorineural hearing loss. The etiology, diagnosis and treatment of herpes zoster are discussed in detail in this report. We report this case to raise awareness among the general practitioners to investigate for HIV when they diagnose cases of herpes zoster.
authors.affiliation: YRG Centre for AIDS research and education, Chennai, India.
authors.forename: Daniel Bella
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Devaleenal
authors.forename: Nagalingeswaran
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ahilasamy
authors.forename: Suniti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Solomon
authors.forename: Nagalingeswaran
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kumarasamy
keywords: Facial palsy; Geniculate ganglion; HIV; Herpes zoster; India