A Case of Hunt Syndrome Responding to a Combination of Acupuncture and Rehabilitation

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  • EBIKO Keizo
    Institute of Oriental Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, School of Medicine
  • KIKUCHI Naoko
    Department of Otolaryngology, Hokuso Shiroi Hospital
  • KIKKAWA Makoto
    Institute of Oriental Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, School of Medicine
  • TANBA Saori
    Department of Otolaryngology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, School of Medicine
  • ARAI Yasuko
    Department of Otolaryngology, Medical Center East, Tokyo Women's Medical University, School of Medicine
  • SATO Hiroshi
    Institute of Oriental Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, School of Medicine

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  • 置鍼治療とリハビリテーションの併用が奏効した難治性Ｈｕｎｔ症候群の１症例
  • 臨床報告 置鍼治療とリハビリテーションの併用が奏効した難治性Hunt症候群の1症例
  • リンショウ ホウコク チシンチリョウ ト リハビリテーション ノ ヘイヨウ ガ ソウコウ シタ ナンチセイ Hunt ショウコウグン ノ 1 ショウレイ

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Abstract

We report a 74-year-old woman who developed right-sided Hunt syndrome on July 3, XXXX, and who received stellate ganglion block and an infusion of aciclovir while hospitalized. Steroids were not used due to her diabetes. After discharge, she continued taking vitamin B12, and received stellate ganglion block three times a week, but the paralysis did not show a tendency toward recovery. Following a combination of acupuncture and rehabilitation starting on October 6 (post-onset day 95), the paralysis score, which was 4 points on day 95, showed a tendency toward recovery : 32 points on day 186, and 36 points or more (within the normal range) on day 246. No apparent synkinesis was seen one year after the onset. Although Hunt syndrome appeared to be refractory due to her advanced age, presence of diabetes, unused steroids, complete paralysis with a paralysis score of 8 points or less, and no tendency to recover for three months or more, the results suggested that she responded to the combination of acupuncture and rehabilitation.

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  • Kampo Medicine

    Kampo Medicine 62 (5), 643-648, 2011

    The Japan Society for Oriental Medicine

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