Question 140 · LDEK · Infections
The specific form of extraoral recurrent HSV infection is Bell’s palsy that affects:
- A. glossopharyngeal nerve.
- B. facial nerve.
- C. 2nd and 3rd branch of the trigeminal nerve.
- D. lingual nerve.
- E. none of the above.
Hint
Bell's palsy is a peripheral palsy of the nerve supplying the muscles of facial expression, linked to HSV reactivation in its ganglion.
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