Svensk definition
Ett syndrom med ansiktsförlamning och herpesutslag i den yttre hörselgången. Tillståndet kan även omfatta tinnitus, yrsel, dövhet, öronvärk och inflammation i ytterörat, och beror på reaktivering av latent herpesvirus 3-infektion, som ger inflammation i ansikts- och vestibularnerverna, och ibland även andra kranialnerver.
Engelsk definition
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)
Svenska synonymer
Herpes inom huvud-halsområdet — Ramsey Hunt artikulärt syndrom
Engelska synonymer
Ramsay Hunt Auricular Syndrome — Neuralgia, Geniculate — Geniculate Neuralgia — Geniculate Neuralgias — Neuralgias, Geniculate — Ramsay Hunt Syndrome — Syndrome, Ramsay Hunt — Auricular Syndrome of Ramsay Hunt — Herpes Zoster Cephalicus — Herpetic Geniculate Ganglionitis — Ganglionitis, Herpetic Geniculate — Geniculate Ganglionitides, Herpetic — Geniculate Ganglionitis, Herpetic — Herpetic Geniculate Ganglionitides — Herpes Zoster Auricularis — Geniculate Herpes Zoster — Herpes Zoster, Geniculate