Symptoms
Other symptoms of the syndrome include:
- retroorbital pain due to pain in the area supplied by the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve (fifth cranial nerve),
- Bell's palsy caused by involvement of the facial nerve (seventh cranial nerve), and
- otitis media.
Other symptoms can include photophobia, excessive lacrimation, fever, and reduced corneal sensitivity.
The syndrome is usually caused by the spread of an infection into the petrous apex of the temporal bone.
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