A 65-year-old lady presents to her GP with a new-onset left-sided lower motor neuron facial palsy and mild-to-moderate left-sided otalgia. She suffers from hypertension and diverticular disease. On examination there is a tender vesicular rash found inside the external auditory canal on the left-side; the right side is normal. Hearing appears normal for her age.
What is the most likely diagnosis?
- A) Bell’s palsy
- B) Cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
- C) Otitis externa with perichondritis
- D) Ramsay Hunt Syndrome type II
- E) Postherpetic neuralgia
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