Ramsay hunt syndrome in a person with HIV disease

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• 作者：Daniel Bella Devaleenal (1)
  Nagalingeswaran Ahilasamy (2)
  Suniti Solomon (1)
  Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy (1)
  
• 关键词：HIV ; Herpes zoster ; Geniculate ganglion ; Facial palsy ; India
• 刊名：Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：June 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：60
• 期：2
• 页码：171-173
• 全文大小：612KB
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• 作者单位：Daniel Bella Devaleenal (1)
  Nagalingeswaran Ahilasamy (2)
  Suniti Solomon (1)
  Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy (1)
  
  1. YRG Centre for AIDS research and education, Chennai, India
  2. Ahilasamy ENT centre, Chennai, India
  

文摘

We report a case of 45-yr-old HIV positive male who presented with herpes zoster oticus at the time of diagnosis of his HIV status. The patient had vertigo, painful vesicular eruptions on the right ear and unilateral sensorineural hearing loss. The etiology, diagnosis and treatment of herpes zoster are discussed in detail in this report. We report this case to raise awareness among the general practitioners to investigate for HIV when they diagnose cases of herpes zoster