FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term Ramsay Hunt syndrome ID (Ontology) DOID:9210 (Human Disease)
Definition A herpes zoster that results_in inflammation located_in facial nerve, which leads to paralysis of one side of the face, has_material_basis_in Human herpesvirus 3 (Varicellovirus humanalpha3), which reactivates after appearing as chickenpox in childhood. The infection has_symptom vesicular rash of the ear or mouth, has_symptom tinnitus, has_symptom vertigo, has_symptom otalgia, and has_symptom headache.
Also Known As "Geniculate herpes zoster" ; "geniculate neuralgia" ; "Herpes zoster auricularis" (for all, see Synonyms field below)
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cranial nerve disease
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nervous system disease    |
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viral infectious disease  |
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                          Ramsay Hunt syndrome
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Synonyms
  • "Geniculate herpes zoster" EXACT
    "geniculate neuralgia" EXACT
    "Herpes zoster auricularis" EXACT
    "herpes zoster oticus" EXACT
    "Herpetic geniculate ganglionitis" EXACT
    "nervus intermedius neuralgia" EXACT
    "Ramsay Hunt syndrome type 2" EXACT
    "Ramsay Hunt syndrome type II" EXACT
    "Ramsey Hunt syndrome" EXACT
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GARD:7525
ICD10CM:B02.21
ICD9CM:053.11
MESH:D016697
NCI:C84763
ORDO:3020
SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:21954000
UMLS_CUI:C0017409