RAMSAY HUNT SYNDROME FOLLOWED BY MULTIFOCAL VASCULOPATHY AND POSTERIOR CIRCULATION STROKES
RAMSAY HUNT SYNDROME FOLLOWED BY MULTIFOCAL VASCULOPATHY AND POSTERIOR CIRCULATION STROKES
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拉姆齐亨特综合征继发多灶性血管病变和后循环中风
DOI:
10.1212/01.wnl.0000306634.51885.87
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发表时间:
2008
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影响因子:
9.9
通讯作者:
J. Romano
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作者:
G. Ortiz;S. Koch;A. Forteza;J. Romano
A 24-year-old woman with no previous medical history developed a painful, vesicular rash on the left ear canal, followed by left peripheral facial palsy. Herpes zoster oticus was diagnosed and treated with oral acyclovir for 7 days, with resolution of the rash and improvement of the facial palsy. Two weeks later, she developed a throbbing frontal headache of moderate intensity, not associated with nausea, emesis, or photophobia and not responsive to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents. Three days after the onset of headache she suddenly developed mild left-sided weakness, dysarthria, and dysphagia. As symptoms did not improve, she presented to our institution 5 days later.
She reported being previously healthy, with no history of migraine headaches. Her family history was unremarkable and she denied the use of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs. Her blood pressure was 130/84, pulse was 78/minute (regular), and temperature was 97.8 °F. The general examination was unrevealing and no external canal vesicles were noted at this time. Pupillary reflexes, ocular movements, funduscopic examination, and visual fields by confrontation were normal. There was mild dysarthria, mild left facial palsy (including upper and lower face), absent gag reflex, and normal palate elevation. A 4/5 left hemiparesis with hyperreflexia and Babinski sign were noticed, but no sensory deficits. There was no ataxia.
Brain MRI revealed acute …