On herpetic inflammations of the geniculate ganglion : a new syndrome and its complications / by J. Ramsay Hunt.

  • Hunt, James Ramsay, 1872-1937.
Date:
1907
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Credit: On herpetic inflammations of the geniculate ganglion : a new syndrome and its complications / by J. Ramsay Hunt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Reprinted from THEJ01 UAL DISEASE, February, J907 GANGLION. A NEW SYNDROME AND ITS COMPLICATIONS* By J. Ramsay Hunt, M.D., OF NEW YORK. CHIEF OF THE NEUROLOGICAL CLINIC AND INSTRUCTOR IN NERVOUS DISEASES IN THE CORNELL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE. (FROM THE PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY OF THE CORNELL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE.) Under the general heading of herpetic inflammations of the geniculate ganglion of the facial nerve, I have brought together for the first time three separate groups of cases; each group present- ing distinct and clearly defined characteristics, but showing vari- ous combinations and transition forms. Their union I believe constitutes a new and distinct clinical entity. The pathology of this affection is identical with that of herpes zoster, of which it forms a part, the distinguishing features of the clinical picture depending entirely upon the ganglion involved and the nature of the structures surrounding it. Heretofore the only recognized seat of an herpetic inflammation on a cranial nerve was that of the Gasserian ganglion of the trifacial. Herpes zoster in the distribution of one or more of its branches was the result. I believe, however, that the geniculate ganglion situated in the depths of the internal auditory canal at the entrance to the Fallopian aqueduct may be the seat of this specific inflammation. The peculiar situation of the ganglion within the confines of a bony canal and its immediate relationship to the facial and the ♦Presented at the meeting of the American Neurological Association, June 4 and 5, 1906.