Introduction: The Ramsay Hunt syndrome is characterized by herpetic lesions combined with peripheral facial nerve palsy. The disease is caused by a reactivation of the varicella zoster virus and can be deceiving since the herpetic lesions are not always present (zoster sine herpete) and might mimic other severe neurological illnesses. This article reviews the various forms of Ramsay Hunt syndro...

Kabeer Hospital, Kuwait Haya Altawalah, BSc, MBBS, FRCPath; Mona Al-Houli, MB, BS, BSc; Mamoun AlQaseer, MB, BS, BSc, FRCPath; Nada Madi, PhD; Naser Husaain; Virology Unit, Ministry of Health, Mubarak Hospital, Kuwait; Virology Unit, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Kuwait; Clinical Virology Unit, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Kuwait, Kuwait; Virology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait; Nephrology Cons...

"Should I just reminisce?" So wondered Dr. M. Ralph Kaufman, an elderly participant in the April 1973 conference after which this book is titled (p. 347). The number and quality of some of the historical papers presented surprised him and he wondered how formal or spontaneous his own contribution should be. Kaufman's puzzlement-recollections or research-reveals the tension of the conference and...