Abstract

Ramsay-Hunt syndrome, or optic herpes zoster, is an entity that is determined by a characteristic triad: earache, vesicles in the pinna, ipsilateral facial paralysis, hence the clinical diagnosis, without estimating the variables that may occur. This pathology is caused by the involvement of the geniculate ganglion of the facial nerve and/or other nerves due to the varicella zoster virus. Timely treatment is essential in the initial 72 hours of the clinical picture, the precociousness of which reduces the sequelae and facilitates the resolution of the process.

Keywords

Herpes Zoster, Ramsay Hunt syndrome, facial nerve, paralysis, otic