Gustatory dysfunction after mandibular zoster
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Fre´de´ric Heymans • Jean-Silvain Lacroix • Andrej Terzic • Basile Nicolas Landis
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
Varicella zoster, limited to the mandibular nerve, is rare. Classical symptoms are pain, hypesthesia and vesicular eruption restricted to the third trigeminal segment (V3). Little is known on taste affection after mandibular nerve zoster. We report two cases of patients suffering from mandibular zoster associated with subjective taste disorder. In both cases, gustatory measures confirmed ipsilateral hemiageusia of the anterior two-thirds of the tongue. After 2 months, the symptoms regressed and psychophysical measures came back to normal values, whereas post-zoster neuralgia lasted for more than 1 year. Gustatory dysfunction is a possible symptom after mandibular nerve zoster. In contrast to post-zoster neuralgia, taste function seems to recover quickly.
Neurol Sci (2011) 32:461–464 DOI 10.1007/s10072-010-0421-3 Received: 30 August 2009 / Accepted: 7 September 2010 / Published online: 6 October 2010
