Ramsay hunt syndrome: A diagnostic challenge for general dental practitioners

• Main Authors: Gautham Singh (Author), V Subhalakshmi (Author), S Balasubramanian (Author), Madhvika Patidar (Author), Kranti Kiran Reddy Ealla (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Ramsay hunt syndrome is not just a syndrome but it's rather an infectious disease caused by reactivation of latent varicella-zoster virus in geniculate ganglion. This was first explained by J. Ramsay Hunt as a triad of complications like otalgia, mucosal and cutaneous rashes with or without tri...