A case with Herpes Zoster Oticus involving multipl cranial nerves

Abstract

Herpes Zoster Oticus described a virus caused by facial nerve paralysis associated with herpetic eruption of the pinna and suggested that it resulted from a geniculate ganglionitis. However, this condition represents a polycranial neuronitis and not simply a geniculate ganglionitis. We here present a Herpes Zoster Oticus case with multiple cranial nerves involvement and discussed with literature.

Keywords

• herpes zoster oticus
• geniculate ganglion
• polycranial neuronitis