Herpes Zoster Oticus with Pontine Lesion: Segmental Brain-Stem Encephalitis
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- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 30 (1) , 229-230
- https://doi.org/10.1086/313634
Abstract
In 1907 Ramsay Hunt reported the clinical syndrome of herpes zoster oticus (HZO), a lower-motor-neuron type of facial paralysis, otalgia, and auricular vesicles [1], which bears his name. Since that time, a number of variations on the classic triad have been described. We report a patient with HZO who manifested ipsilateral hemiparesis and ipsilateral loss of touch, which were accompanied by a lesion in the contralateral pons that was evident on an MRI scan.Keywords
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