Ramsay Hunt Syndrome Associated with Varicella-Zoster Virus Encephalitis in a Child

We report the case of an 8-year-old previously healthy boy who presented to a tertiary care hospital in Muscat, Oman in 2021 with fever, progressive left ear pain, vesicular rash around his ear pinna and left-sided facial nerve palsy. His course was complicated by VZV encephalitis where he was managed with intravenous (IV) acyclovir and IV corticosteroids. He improved significantly and was asymptomatic with a normal neurology examination at the 6-months follow-up.PMID:38434459 | PMC:PMC10906755 | DOI:10.18295/squmj.3.2023.020
Source: Herpes - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Source Type: research