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Herpes zoster oticus
(Neuralgia, Geniculate; Ramsay Hunt Auricular Syndrome; Geniculate Herpes Zoster)
A syndrome characterized by facial palsy in association with a herpetic eruption of the external auditory meatus. This may occasionally be associated with tinnitus, vertigo, deafness, severe otalgia, and inflammation of the pinna. The condition is caused by reactivation of a latent herpesvirus 3, human infection which causes inflammation of the facial and vestibular nerves, and may occasionally involve additional cranial nerves. (From Adams et al., Principles of neurology, 6th ed, p757)
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Ramsay Hunt syndrome, Ramsay Hunt syndrome type I, Ramsay Hunt syndrome type II, Ramsay Baronets, Tamasin Ramsay, John Ramsay (businessman), John Ramsay (surgeon), Arthur Ramsay, 14th Earl of Dalhousie, David Ramsay (Upper Canada), John Ramsay, 1st Lord Bothwell
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