Adenoidectomy ; methods ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Chronic Disease ; Endoscopy ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Male ; Sinusitis ; surgery ; Treatment Outcome

Child ; Foreign Bodies ; diagnosis ; Humans ; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted ; Respiratory System ; diagnostic imaging ; Tomography, Spiral Computed

Endoscopy ; Epistaxis ; surgery ; Humans ; Nasal Surgical Procedures ; Nose

The clinical data of 3 cases of Ramsay-Hunt syndrome concurrent with ipsilateral vocal cord paralysis were retrospectively analyzed, and the relevant literatures were also reviewed. Ramsay-Hunt syndrome is a kind of disease characterized by heavy ear pain, herpes zoster oticus and inner ear neurologic symptoms, which can also affect the vocal cords and give rise to vocal cords paralysis. Ramsay-Hunt syndrome can cause multiple in flammation of cranial nerves. The viral infection can also involve the 3rd and 10th cranial nerves. It mainly damage the facial nerve, followed by the involvement of vestibulocochlear nerve. The vagus nerve damage is rare, so the relevant clinical reports are less. It is important to take the objective data as well as subjective symptoms of the patients into consideration to make a definite diagnosis, so that we can treat it as soon as possible to achieve better curative effect.
Adult ; Aged ; Female ; Herpes Zoster Oticus ; complications ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Vocal Cord Paralysis ; complications