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case_images: Noncontrast CT scan of the head showing an intact cranioplasty site without any obvious signs of infection or thickening below the cranioplasty to suggest dural adhesion
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case_images: F1
case_images: A CT scan of her head at that time showed no obvious radiographic complications [Figure 1].
case_images: Intraoperative picture showing the inferior surface of part of the cranioplastic porous implant after it has been removed in a piecemeal fashion. The picture demonstrates complete ingrowth of the dura into the inferior surface of the porous implant
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case_images: F2
case_images: Below the posterior edge of the implant it became clear that the dura had grown into and firmly adhered to the inferior 1 mm surface of the porous implant over the covered defect [Figure 2].