Res Vestib Sci.
2013 Dec;12(4):127-131.
A Case of Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome with Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsies Preceded by Diffuse Inflammatory Exudates in the Fluid Attenuated Inversion Recovery Image
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- 1Department of Neurology, Bundang Jesaeng General Hospital, Seongnam, Korea. syrohnu@dmc.or.kr
Abstract
- Ramsay-Hunt syndrome (RHS) is a well known disease caused by varicella-zoster virus infection in the geniculate ganglion of the facial nerve. Although the otic vesicle and facial palsy are easily recognized clinical signs of RHS, cases of associated multiple cranial nerve palsies present a difficult diagnostic challenge and furthermore, the mechanisms is unclear. We report a case of an 86-year-old man with otic crusted vesicles and peripheral typed facial palsy preceded by severe headache and fever. Several days later, he developed diplopia, dysphagia, hiccup and abdominal myoclonus. On fluid attenuated inversion recovery image of brain, diffuse subdural inflammatory exudates, which disappeared after treatment of acyclovir and corticosteroid, and ipsilateral facial nerve enhancement were observed in follow-up imaging.
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