Case report: Ramsay Hunt Syndrome

• Autor(a) principal: Borges, Mariana Queiroz
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Caldeira, Daniel Mansur, Rodrigues, Ellen Camila, Sousa Neto, Zeno Augusto de, Guedes, Mariana Resende, Prado, Ábner Pereira, Barros Silveira, Murilo, Moura, Aldenira Matias de, Carneiro, Marcos Alexandre Diniz
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/24670
• topic: Herpes Zoster; Parálisis facial; Síndrome de Ramsay Hunt.; Herpes Zoster; Facial paralysis; Ramsay Hunt Syndrome.; Herpes Zoster; Paralisia facial; Síndrome de Ramsay Hunt.

The aim of this study is to report a case of a woman with Ramsay Hunt Syndrome (SRH). Female patient, 39 years old, presenting a vascular lesion in direct external auditory pavilhão, ipsilateral peripheral facial paralysis, later presenting a partial hearing loss in audiometry, presenting a classic quadro case of SRH. Amongst the laboratory tests, reagent sorology for Herpes Simplex type I and II, reagent IgG and Varicose Zoster, IgM and IgG reagents. Either the treatment used was acyclovir, tenofovir and predinisone, or that produced a partial melt of peripheral facial paralysis associated with or disappearance of injuries. The chart presented demonstrates the importance of an early diagnosis and treatment without a correct period and is essential for a good prognosis, avoiding the possible presence of mutilating motor nerve sequelae.