Otic herpes zoster with facial paralysis. Case report

Abstract

A white, male patient, 47, who in the course of an otic herpes zoster begins with itching sensation and ear pain of varying intensity, nausea and vomiting, accompanied by neurological manifestations, initially interpreted as facial paralysis occurs acute peripheral; being the central nervous system the most frequent location of this extra cutaneous herpes virus and the most common form of neurological involvement in this infection is encephalitis. the disease Ramsay Hunt syndrome in this entity reported in the literature, which led to a revision of the topic. The patient evolved satisfactorily without complications of symptoms and clinical signs.