Ravikanth L¹, Ismail Zabeehullah V Md², Ramanachary Ch³Moinuddin Ahmed M.K⁴

¹Associate Professor, Department of ENT, ²Assistant Professor, Department of ENT, ³Professor, Department of ENT, ⁴Postgraduate student, Department of ENT, Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar, Telangana, India.

Corresponding Author: Dr. Moinuddin Ahmed M.K, 4Postgraduate student, Department of ENT, Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar, Telangana, India.

Email: moin696@gmail.com

Introduction: Ramsay Hunt syndrome type 2 is an infection of the head and neck caused by herpes zoster (Varicella zoster) virus involving the facial nerve, less commonly, other cranial nerves might be involved. We report a case of Ramsay hunt syndrome type 2 in a 55 year old Female, with classic facial nerve palsy and ipsilateral ear vesicles, which rapidly evolved to involve multiple cranial neuropathies (CN IX, X) and improved dramatically with antiviral therapy corticosteroids, and Physiotherapy.

Key Words: Herpes zoster oticus, Cranial nerves