Geniculate herpes zoster

A viral ear infection caused by the spread of varicella-zoster virus to the facial nerves. It is characterized by intense otalgia and a cutaneous vesicular eruption.

Also known as: Herpes Zoster Oticus, Ramsay Hunt Syndrome, Ramsay Hunt syndrome, facial nerve palsy due to VZV, facial nerve palsy due to herpes zoster infection, facial nerve paralysis due to VZV, Hunt syndrome (formerly), Hunt's syndrome (formerly)

57 clinical trials for this condition and its sub-types.