TY - JOUR T1 - Ramsay Hunt syndrome JF - Practical Neurology JO - Pract Neurol SP - 232 LP - 232 DO - 10.1136/practneurol-2015-001303 VL - 16 IS - 3 AU - Martha R Neagu AU - Sashank Prasad Y1 - 2016/06/01 UR - http://pn.bmj.com/content/16/3/232.abstract N2 - A 66-year-old man presented with complete right facial paralysis (figure 1). Three days before, he had experienced a burning sensation in the right ear and developed oral lesions. On examination, there was a peripheral right facial palsy with hyperacusis and loss of taste sensation. He had herpetic vesicles on the right anterior tongue and palate (figure 1). We diagnosed Ramsay Hunt syndrome. Following treatment with valacyclovir and corticosteroids, he made a near-complete recovery.Figure 1 Ramsay Hunt Syndrome. (A) Complete right facial palsy. (B) Vesicular rash on … ER -