Abstract
A case of the Hunt syndrome with multiple cranial nerve palsies is reported. A man of 67 came to the hospital complaining of dysphagia. Ten days before the consultation, he had severe right temporalgia for no special reason; 6 days beforehand, dysphagia, hoarseness and right tinnitus; and 2 days beforehand, he was hospitalized at another hospital. During the hospitalization nausea and vertigo appeared, but there was no loss of hearing. Examination revealed right 5th, 8th, 9th and 10th cranial nerve involvement with eruptions on the right auricle. Two days later, he developed right facial palsy.
Remission in all symptom manifestations was seen except for slight facial nerve palsy and recurrent nerve palsy after six weeks of treatment.
