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An elderly patient with chronic otitis media (middle ear infection) might have all the following complications, EXCEPT:

A

Inability to chew food due to injury to the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve (CN V)

B

Loss of taste in the anterior pa of the tongue due to injury to the chorda tympani nerve

C

Mastoiditis

D

Paralysis of facial muscles due an injury to the facial nerve (CN VII)

High-Yield Explanation

The mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve is not associated with the middle ear. So, chronic ear infections should have no effect on this structure.

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