Question 67 (part 2) · LDEK · Cranial nerves and facial pain

Neuralgia characterized by ear and acoustic meatus pain, radiating towards the face, being a complication of viral infection:

  1. A. Tapia syndrome.
  2. B. Ramsay Hunt syndrome.
  3. C. Charlin syndrome.
  4. D. simple, vascular facial pain.
  5. E. Costen syndrome.
Hint

Look for reactivation of varicella-zoster virus in the geniculate ganglion with ear pain and vesicles.

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