Correlation between MRI and Operative Findings in Bell's Palsy and Ramsay Hunt Syndrome

Correlation between MRI and Operative Findings in Bell's Palsy and Ramsay Hunt Syndrome

PURPOSE To investigate the correlation between gadolinium enhanced magnetic resonance image (MRI) results and surgical findings of facial nerves in Bell's palsy and Ramsay Hunt syndrome. MATERIALS AND METHODS From 1995 to 2004, MRI was performed on 13 patients with Bell's palsy or Ramsay Hunt syndrome, who were offered with surgical decompression of the facial nerve through the middle cranial...

MR findings in the Ramsay Hunt syndrome.

Prognostic factors of Bell's palsy and Ramsay Hunt syndrome

The aim of this study was to compare clinical characteristics, electroneurography (ENoG) results, and functional outcomes of patients with Bell's palsy (BP) and Ramsay Hunt syndrome (RHS).Around 57 patients with BP and 23 patients with RHS were enrolled in this study from January 2010 and September 2015. Both clinical characteristics and ENoG results were recorded at hospital admission. The eva...

[Prognostic correlation among facial nerve palsy, hearing impairment, and vestibular disorder in Ramsay Hunt syndrome].

Sixteen cases of Ramsay Hunt syndrome were investigated concerning the prognosis of facial nerve palsy, hearing impairment, and vestibular disorder. The satisfactory prognosis of facial nerve palsy was achieved in those cases which a good response was evoked by the maximal stimulation test as well as in cases of Bell's palsy. And also, the satisfactory prognosis of hearing impairment was achiev...

Ramsay Hunt syndrome

The strict definition of the Ramsay Hunt syndrome is peripheral facial nerve palsy accompanied by an erythematous vesicular rash on the ear (zoster oticus) or in the mouth. J Ramsay Hunt, who described various clinical presentations of facial paralysis and rash, also recognised other frequent symptoms and signs such as tinnitus, hearing loss, nausea, vomiting, vertigo, and nystagmus. He explain...