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A 24-Year-Old Woman Is Brought to the Emergency Department from the Scene

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A 24-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department from the scene of a motor vehicle collision. A neurological examination reveals that her tongue deviates to the left on protrusion and that she is unable to raise the right corner of her mouth when asked to smile. In addition, she is unable to move the entire right side of her body. Which of the following represents the most likely location of a lesion?


A) Right anterior limb of the internal capsule
B) Pontine tegmentum
C) Left posterior limb of the internal capsule
D) Right precentral gyrus
E) Pyramidal decussation

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