title: A pediatric case of ramsay hunt syndrome.
abstract: Ramsay Hunt syndrome (RHS) is characterized by facial paralysis, inner ear dysfunction, periauricular pain, and herpetiform vesicles. The reported incidence in children is 2.7/100,000. The pathogenesis involves the reactivation of latent varicella zoster virus (VZV) in the geniculate ganglion of the facial nerve. The recovery rate is better in children than in adults. This paper discusses a 12-year-old girl with a rare case of peripheral facial paralysis caused by RHS and reviews the literature.
authors.affiliation: Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Orhaniye Mahallesi, Haluk Özsoy Caddesi, 48000 Mugla, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serhan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Derin
authors.affiliation: Konya Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi, Meram Tıp Fakültesi, Yunus Emre Mahallesi, 42030 Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hatice
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Derin
authors.affiliation: Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Orhaniye Mahallesi, Haluk Özsoy Caddesi, 48000 Mugla, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sahan
authors.affiliation: Konya Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi, Meram Tıp Fakültesi, Yunus Emre Mahallesi, 42030 Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Caksen