A 50-Year-Old Woman Has Diminished Sensation in the Left Part

Multiple Choice

A 50-year-old woman has diminished sensation in the left part of her face and eyelid. She feels no pain in her left cornea and has no tearing in that eye. A lesion in which of the following areas is most likely to cause these findings?

A) Left frontal lobe
B) Left motor nucleus of the trigeminal nerve (CN V)
C) Left ventral posterolateral (VPL) nucleus of the thalamus
D) Ophthalmic division of the left trigeminal nerve
E) Right nucleus of the trigeminal nerve