Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2019
A 45-year-old woman complains of intolerable paroxysmal facial pain on the left with attacks that last for 1-2 minutes. Attacks are provoked by chewing. The disease onset was two months ago after the overexposure to cold. Objectively: pain at the exit points of the trigeminal nerve on the left. Touching near the wing of the nose on the left induces a pain attack with tonic spasm of the facial muscles. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Answer options
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Glossopharyngeal neuralgia
- Maxillary sinusitis
- Temporomandibular joint arthritis
- Facial migraine
Correct answer
Trigeminal neuralgia
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