37. Laboratory Studies
• WBC
• ESR
• Serum gluose
• Culture from the ear drainage
Imaging Studies:-
• CT scan and MRI
• Bone scan
38. Treatment
• Hospital admission
• If patient is diabetic, control diabetes
• aural toilet
• High doses of IV antibiotics
• Hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
• Surgery
41. Viral Infection
(Ramsy Hunt Syndrome)
• Ramsay Hunt syndrome is defined as an acute peripheral facial neuropathy
associated with erythematous vesicular rash of the skin of the external
ear(also termed herpes zoster oticus), and/or mucous membrane of the
oropharynx
• Sign & Symptoms:-
• Treatment:-
53. Refrences:
• Diseases of Ear, Nose and Throat, 6th Edition
• Ear, Nose and Throat, head and neck surgery
• otolaryngology basic science and clinical review
• textbook of ear nose and throat
• www.medscape.com