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Question

A 35-year-old female comes to the physician due to headaches of two months' duration. She has no history of pre-existing medical illnesses. Vital signs are within normal limits. A head CT reveals a mass above the left petrous bone and biopsy reveals a malignant schwannoma on the left trigeminal nerve. The patient undergoes surgery for resection of the mass. If there is damage to the involved nerve during the surgery, there will be

Options

  • Adecreased accommodation in the left eye
  • Bdecreased corneal reflex in the left eye
  • Cdecreased gag reflex
  • Ddecreased taste from the anterior two thirds of the tongue
  • Einability to adduct the left eye

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