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Ramsay-Hunt syndrome with vesicular stomatitis in a 4-year-old infant.

Koga C, Iwamoto O, Aoki M, Nakamura C, Kusukawa J, Matsuishi T

Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan. ckoga@med.kurume-u.ac.jp <ckoga@med.kurume-u.ac.jp>

Ramsay-Hunt syndrome (RHS) usually affects adults, but rare cases of preschool children with RHS have been reported. We report a case of RHS in a healthy 4-year-old girl. At the age of 4 years and 5 months, she complained of pain in her mouth and herpes zoster vesicles were noted on the left soft palate and tongue without left pinna, and complete left facial paralysis subsequently developed. She was treated with acyclovir and steroids. Six months later, her facial paralysis had almost fully resolved.

Published 1 December 2006 in Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod, 102(6): e37-9.
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