[
    {
        "id": "osp-10074",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Ramsay Hunt Syndrome Associated with Varicella-Zoster Virus Encephalitis in a Child",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Ahmed",
                "given": "Eman Y."
            },
            {
                "family": "Al Rawahi",
                "given": "Hatem"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Amrani",
                "given": "Fatema"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al Masaoudi",
                "given": "Laila"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al Yazidi",
                "given": "Laila"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/ar/articles/ramsay-hunt-syndrome-associated-with-varicella-zoster-virus-encephalitis-in-a-child",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2025
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal",
        "volume": "24",
        "issue": "1",
        "page": "127-130",
        "DOI": "10.18295/squmj.3.2023.020",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2075-051X",
        "abstract": "Ramsay Hunt syndrome (RHS) is a triad of peri-auricular pain, ipsilateral facial nerve palsy and vesicular rash around the ear pinna. It is caused by reactivation of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) that lies dormant in the geniculate ganglia. It can be complicated by VZV encephalitis rarely. We report the case of an 8-year-old previously healthy boy who presented to a tertiary care hospital in Muscat, Oman in 2021 with fever, progressive left ear pain, vesicular rash around his ear pinna and left-sided facial nerve palsy. His course was complicated by VZV encephalitis where he was managed with intravenous (IV) acyclovir and IV corticosteroids. He improved significantly and was asymptomatic with a normal neurology examination at the 6-months follow-up.\n\nKeywords: Varicella-Zoster Virus; Ramsay Hunt Syndrome; Encephalitis; Children; Oman."
    }
]