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Fig. 3

From: Neuroimaging of Meckel’s cave in normal and disease conditions

Fig. 3

Perineural spread of tumour. A 45-year-old man with left facial pain and numbness. CT showing enhancing soft tissue along the course of left CN V, expanding into the foramen rotundum (a), infraorbital foramen (b) and foramen ovale (c). Posteriorly, the enhancing tumour extends to the left Meckel’s cave. Rapid expansion on follow-up MRI (d) with intense uptake on positron emission tomography (PET) (e) in left CN V including foramen ovale (arrow)

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