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case_images: Coronal reformatted CT image shows absence of normal bony covering of the tympanic segment of the left facial nerve (white arrow). There is complete opacification of the middle ear cavity.
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case_images: House-Brackmann grade of facial nerve function. High-resolution computed tomography of the temporal bones revealed incompletely covered tympanic segment of left facial nerve (Figures 1 and 2).
case_images: Coronal reformatted CT image shows normal bony covering of the tympanic segment of the right facial nerve (white arrow).
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case_images: House-Brackmann grade of facial nerve function. High-resolution computed tomography of the temporal bones revealed incompletely covered tympanic segment of left facial nerve (Figures 1 and 2).