Ramsay hunt syndrome: A diagnostic challenge for general dental practitioners

Ramsay hunt syndrome: A diagnostic challenge for general dental practitioners

Ramsay hunt syndrome is not just a syndrome but it's rather an infectious disease caused by reactivation of latent varicella-zoster virus in geniculate ganglion. This was first explained by J. Ramsay Hunt as a triad of complications like otalgia, mucosal and cutaneous rashes with or without tri...

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Main Authors: Gautham Singh, V Subhalakshmi, S Balasubramanian, Madhvika Patidar, Kranti Kiran Reddy Ealla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Contemporary Clinical Dentistry
Subjects:
Facial palsy
neuralgia
ramsay hunt syndrome
varicella-zoster virus
vesicullo bullous
Online Access:http://www.contempclindent.org/article.asp?issn=0976-237X;year=2017;volume=8;issue=2;spage=337;epage=339;aulast=Singh

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