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Atypical presentation of ramsay hunt syndrome without facial palsy in an immunocompetent young male

2013

Antiviral-steroid therapy; Immunocompetent; Ramsay hunt syndrome; Varicella zoster virus; Young; Medicine (all)Varicella zoster virusMedicine (all)Antiviral-steroid therapyYoungRamsay hunt syndrome; Antiviral-steroid therapy; ImmunocompetentRamsay Hunt syndrome Varicella Zoster Virus immunocompetent young antiviral-steroid therapy.ImmunocompetentRamsay hunt syndrome
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Bilateral taste disorders in patients with Ramsay Hunt syndrome and Bell palsy

2018

OBJECTIVE Ramsay Hunt syndrome (RHS) and Bell palsy (BP) are typically known as facial nerve motor syndromes and are primarily unilateral. The aim of this study was to challenge this assertion, because both conditions are also known to be associated with viruses that typically affect several nerves. METHODS Ten participants with RHS, 12 with BP, all clinically unilateral, and 12 healthy controls were prospectively enrolled. Electrogustometric thresholds were measured bilaterally in the areas of the chorda tympani, the glossopharyngeal, and the major petrosal nerve. Also bilaterally, the taste function was tested using chemogustometry with different tastant concentrations. Again bilaterally,…

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