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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A further contribution to the herpetic inflammations of the geniculate ganglion : a syndrome characterized by herpes zoster oticus, facialis, or occipitocollaris, with facial palsy and auditory symptoms / by J. Ramsay Hunt.

Herpetic inflammations of the geniculate ganglion : a new syndrome and its aural complications / by J. Ramsay Hunt.

On herpetic inflammations of the geniculate ganglion : a new syndrome and its complications / by J. Ramsay Hunt.

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A further contribution to the herpetic inflammations of the geniculate ganglion : a syndrome characterized by herpes zoster oticus, facialis, or occipitocollaris, with facial palsy and auditory symptoms / by J. Ramsay Hunt.

Herpetic inflammations of the geniculate ganglion : a new syndrome and its aural complications / by J. Ramsay Hunt.

On herpetic inflammations of the geniculate ganglion : a new syndrome and its complications / by J. Ramsay Hunt.