Favorable Outcome of Ramsay Hunt Syndrome under Dexamethasone
A 20-year-old student under chronic stress developed a painful reddish left ear, vesicles on the left ear, severe left-sided peripheral facial-nerve palsy, and hypoesthesia of the left upper lip, after exposure to a ventilator. Ramsay Hunt syndrome was diagnosed. Instead of prednisolone she received...
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| description | A 20-year-old student under chronic stress developed a painful reddish left ear, vesicles on the left ear, severe left-sided peripheral facial-nerve palsy, and hypoesthesia of the left upper lip, after exposure to a ventilator. Ramsay Hunt syndrome was diagnosed. Instead of prednisolone she received dexamethasone (40 mg/d) but nonetheless recovered completely after 12 weeks. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-84947a3584dd481889d705f65ae343d52025-02-03T01:33:12ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352012-01-01201210.1155/2012/247598247598Favorable Outcome of Ramsay Hunt Syndrome under DexamethasoneJosef Finsterer0Arian Bachtiar1Anton Niedermayr2Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, Postfach 20, 1180 Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, KAR, Juchg. 25, 1030 Vienna, AustriaGynecological Department, Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, KAR, Juchg. 25, 1030 Vienna, AustriaA 20-year-old student under chronic stress developed a painful reddish left ear, vesicles on the left ear, severe left-sided peripheral facial-nerve palsy, and hypoesthesia of the left upper lip, after exposure to a ventilator. Ramsay Hunt syndrome was diagnosed. Instead of prednisolone she received dexamethasone (40 mg/d) but nonetheless recovered completely after 12 weeks.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/247598 |
| spellingShingle | Josef Finsterer Arian Bachtiar Anton Niedermayr Favorable Outcome of Ramsay Hunt Syndrome under Dexamethasone Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Favorable Outcome of Ramsay Hunt Syndrome under Dexamethasone |
| title_full | Favorable Outcome of Ramsay Hunt Syndrome under Dexamethasone |
| title_fullStr | Favorable Outcome of Ramsay Hunt Syndrome under Dexamethasone |
| title_full_unstemmed | Favorable Outcome of Ramsay Hunt Syndrome under Dexamethasone |
| title_short | Favorable Outcome of Ramsay Hunt Syndrome under Dexamethasone |
| title_sort | favorable outcome of ramsay hunt syndrome under dexamethasone |
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