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Atypical polyneuropathy caused by varicella Zoster virus: Involvement of vestibulocochlear, glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves

2018/12/14 by Mafalda Silva Ferreira, Silva Ferreira, Mafalda, Joana Pires +7
Medicine · Neuroscience · #Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research #Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments #Vestibular and auditory disorders

paper · pdf · doi:10.34631/sporl.738

Abstract

Varicella-zoster virus stays latent in our body after a primary infection. Herpes zoster appears after its reactivation. The most common presentation of this type of virus, in head and neck region, is the Ramsay Hunt syndrome (facial palsy, otic herpes and hearing loss). We report a case of a patient with an atypical and rare herpes-zoster manifestation which envolved concomitantly the VIII, IX and X cranial nerves, preserving the VII.

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