25th August 2020

A 71-year-old woman presents with a left sided facial weakness which does not spare the forehead

A 71-year-old woman presents with a left sided facial weakness which does not spare the forehead. She is in some discomfort and on close inspection there is a vesicular rash around her left ear. 

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