title: Ramsay Hunt syndrome in a girl with acute lymphoblastic leukemia during maintenance therapy.
abstract: A 5-year-old girl with precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia developed peripheral-type right facial palsy and very faint erythema on her right pinna during maintenance therapy. Acyclovir was started for possible zoster infection. The following day, vesicles appeared and a diagnosis of Ramsay Hunt syndrome was made. Prednisolone was started on day 5 after onset. Her facial palsy recovered within 6 months. Ramsay Hunt syndrome is a rare cause of facial palsy in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and this is the first case report. Preemptive therapy with acyclovir before the development of vesicles should help the patient recover from facial palsy.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental of Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan.
authors: Yuichi
authors: Y
authors: Kodama
authors: Yasuhiro
authors: Y
authors: Okamoto
authors: Junichiro
authors: J
authors: Nishi
authors: Sho
authors: S
authors: Hashiguchi
authors: Yuni
authors: Y
authors: Yamaki
authors: Koichiro
authors: K
authors: Kurauchi
authors: Takayuki
authors: T
authors: Tanabe
authors: Yuichi
authors: Y
authors: Shinkoda
authors: Takuro
authors: T
authors: Nishikawa
authors: Yasuo
authors: Y
authors: Suda
authors: Yoshifumi
authors: Y
authors: Kawano
mesh_terms: D000212:Acyclovir / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D016697:Herpes Zoster Oticus / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D000212:Acyclovir