Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome involving the 2nd, 3rd cervical ganglia |
Chung Seok Lee, Yong Seok Choi, Eun Hyang Song, Jeung Mee Kim, Jeong Ho Han, and Doo Eung Kim |
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Copyright © 2002 The Korean Society of Clinical Neurophysiology |
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ABSTRACT |
Ramsay-Hunt syndrome is a viral disease associated with peripheral facial nerve paralysis accompany by erythematousvesicular rashs on the ear(zoster oticus) or in the mouth. Based on clinical presentations that indicated involvementof more than one ganglion, the gasserian, geniculate, petrous, accessory, jugular and second and third dorsal root gangliacomprised a chain in which inflammation of a single ganglion could extend to nearby ganglia. A 71-year-old manpresented with left. peripheral facial palsy with otalgia, vesicular eruption in V2, V3, C2, C3 dermatome, tinnitus, and hearing loss. |
Key words:
Ramsay-Hunt syndrome, V2, V3, C2, C3 dermatome |
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