Ramsay Hunt Syndrome.
- Author:
Sung Kyun KIM
;
Sun Wook HWANG
;
Chun Pyoung LIM
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Adult;
Ear;
Ear Canal;
Earache;
Facial Paralysis;
Herpes Zoster Oticus*;
Humans;
Male;
Prednisolone
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1980;18(2):161-167
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A case of Ramsay Hunt syndrome, though more often seen at the ENT clinic because of the patients' concern with symptoms in the ear, was seen and treated at the Dermatologic Clinic of Chosun University. A 29 year old male patient presented earache, pinhead to rice sized erythematous vesicular eruption on the external auditory canal, auricle and superior auricular area, and facial paralysis, all involving the right side of the face, duration of which were 7 days, 5 days and 1 day respectiveIy. High doses of prednisolone alone made it possible to remit the otalgia, control the vesicular eruption and resolute the facial paralysis almost completely within 18 days in the order of their appearance, indicating that this is one of the more easily treated diseases for dermatologists, The 22 cases of this syndrome reported in Korean literature were reviewed and the conceptual development of its pathogenesis and definition was described.
