Question

1. A 50-year-old man presents with chief compliant of severe   pain in right half of his face triggered by contact. He explained that his pain shoots up to high intensity and suddenly disappears.

1. What would be the likely diagnosis of this case?
2. Name the cranial nerve involved?

Answer 1

Ans :- the patient suffered from trigeminal neuralgia.most commonly it is find in the maxilary area or the right side of face .

Ans(b):-The trigeminal nerve is the sensory nerve of the face because it supplies the whole of the face, except skin over the angle of mandible, The upper one-third face is supplied by ophthalmic division, middle third of face is supplied by maxillary division and lower third of face is supplied by mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve.T