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Anti-convulsants frequently used in management of trigeminal neuralgia are_______________?

(A) Phenytoin

(B) Gabapentin

(C) Baclofen

(D) All of the above

Submitted By: Ali Uppal


The characteristic alarm clock headache is a feature of_______________?

(A) Auriculotemporal Neuralgia

(B) Trigeminal Neuralgia

(C) Sphenopalatine Neuralgia

(D) Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia

Submitted By: Ali Uppal


Patient comes with pain pharyngeal region and is having carcinoma of nasopharynx. The diagnosis is _____________?

(A) Horner’s syndrome

(B) Glossopharyngeal neuralgia

(C) Trotter’s syndrome

(D) Eagles syndrome

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Which of the following drugs is not effective in case of Trigeminal Neuralgia ?

(A) Carbamazipine

(B) acetaminophen

(C) phenytoin sodium

(D) Baclofen

Submitted By: Ali Uppal


What is non characteristic of Eagle’s syndrome_______________?

(A) Excessive lacrimation

(B) pain during mandibular movement

(C) Stabbing type pain orginate in the tonsillar regions

(D) When the jaws are closed the pain subsided

Submitted By: Ali Uppal


Lesion of facial nerve at level of stylomastoid foramen leads to____________?

(A) Loss of taste sensation from Ant. 2/3 of tongue

(B) Paralysis of orbicularis oculi muscle

(C) Loss of innervation to stapedius

(D) Loss of lacrimal secretion

Submitted By: Ali Uppal


“Fothergill’s disease” is one of the synonyms of_______________?

(A) Sarcoidosis

(B) Multiple sclerosis

(C) Trigeminal neuralgia

(D) Lupus erythematosis

Submitted By: Ali Uppal


Trotter’s syndrome involves_____________?

(A) Pharynx

(B) Oropharynx

(C) Larynx

(D) Nasopharynx

Submitted By: Ali Uppal


All of the following are true about trigeminal neuralgia EXCEPT______________?

(A) it is unilateral

(B) it is of throbbing nature

(C) it is triggered by touching cheeks, mucosa etc

(D) occurs in bouts

Submitted By: Ali Uppal


Submitted By: Ali Uppal