Question 66 (part 2) · LDEK · Cranial nerves and facial pain

In trigeminal neuralgia, pain occurs most often in area innervated by second and third branch of V nerve. Whereas in the area of first branch, it occurs in patients at the rate of:

  1. A. <2%.
  2. B. <5%.
  3. C. <10%.
  4. D. <12%.
  5. E. <30 %.
Hint

The ophthalmic division is the least often affected in classic trigeminal neuralgia – pick a figure in the low single digits.

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