Red chorda tympani nerve in herpes zoster oticus
- 1 October 1976
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in The Laryngoscope
- Vol. 86 (10) , 1572
- https://doi.org/10.1288/00005537-197610000-00011
Abstract
A red chorda tympani nerve was previously reported as a finding limited to patients with Bell's palsy. This is a report of red chorda tympani nerve observed in 3 of 10 patients with Herpes Zoster oticus in whom the chorda tympani was visible. It is speculated that the red discoloration is due to a viral inflammatory process and, therefore, when this sign is present in a patient with idiopathic peripheral facial paralysis, a viral neuropathy should be suspected.Keywords
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- Red chorda tympani nerve and bell's palsyThe Laryngoscope, 1974