Neurodegenerative Diseases USMLE Step 1 Practice Question
A 36 year old pregnant woman develops sudden inability to close her left eye and drooping of the left corner of her mouth. She has hyperacusis and loss of taste on the anterior two thirds of the tongue. Forehead wrinkling is absent on the left. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
Answer choices
- ACortical stroke involving the right precentral gyrus
- BBell palsyCorrect answer
- CUpper motor neuron lesion of the left facial pathway
- DTrigeminal neuropathy
- EMyasthenia gravis
- FFacial nerve compression by parotid gland tumor
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