Catalog

Geniculate ganglionitis

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Geniculate ganglionitis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/305361524

Infection of the geniculate ganglion by herpes zoster virus presents with ear pain, vesicles in external auditory meatus, involvement of chorda tympani resulting in loss of taste and facial palsy; this disorder is also known as Ramsay Hunt syndrome.