A 52-year-old woman presents with sudden-onset right-sided facial pain in the distribution of the maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve. MRI shows a small vascular loop compressing the trigeminal nerve root entry zone. Which finding would best distinguish this secondary trigeminal neuralgia from idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia?

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