Analysis of Ramsay Hunt Syndrome in Ikeda Municipal Hospital

Abstract

We have treated 8 cases of Ramsay Hunt Syndrome (RHS) and 117 cases of herpes zoster who had eruptions on the head and neck (April. 2006-March. 2009). The incidence of RHS in herpes zoster was 6.8%.The patients with herpes zoster who had eruptions only on their auricles were in the high risk group for RHS; more than 50% of them had facial nerve palsy which became apparent several days after the onset of the eruption. All of the patients who had difficulty in hearing or vertigo had auricular eruptions. The six cases which we could follow up were cured or almost cured whether or not steroids were administered.