Catalog

Zoster oticus

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Link to WHO Definition

Zoster oticus – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/389087146

A disease of the eighth cranial nerve ganglia and geniculate ganglion, caused by the reactivation of a latent infection with varicella zoster virus. This disease is characterised by otalgia, facial paralysis, vertigo, or hearing loss.