 Herpes Zoster Oticus
"Herpes Zoster Oticus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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)
| Descriptor ID |
D016697
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.256.466.423.733 C09.218.513 C10.292.300.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Herpes Zoster Oticus- Herpes Zoster Oticus
- Geniculate Herpes Zoster
- Herpes Zoster, Geniculate
- Herpes Zoster Auricularis
- Ramsay Hunt Syndrome
- Syndrome, Ramsay Hunt
- Herpetic Geniculate Ganglionitis
- Ganglionitis, Herpetic Geniculate
- Geniculate Ganglionitides, Herpetic
- Geniculate Ganglionitis, Herpetic
- Herpetic Geniculate Ganglionitides
- Neuralgia, Geniculate
- Geniculate Neuralgia
- Geniculate Neuralgias
- Neuralgias, Geniculate
- Ramsay Hunt Auricular Syndrome
- Auricular Syndrome of Ramsay Hunt
- Herpes Zoster Cephalicus
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| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Herpes Zoster Oticus" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Chweya CM, Anzalone CL, Driscoll CLW, Lane JI, Carlson ML. For Whom the Bell's Toll: Recurrent Facial Nerve Paralysis, A Retrospective Study and Systematic Review of the Literature. Otol Neurotol. 2019 04; 40(4):517-528.
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Coffey N, Torres C, Glikstein R, Al Mansoori T, Del Carpio-O'Donovan R, Patro S. Imaging Findings in Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Pictorial Essay. Can Assoc Radiol J. 2017 May; 68(2):106-115.
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