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case_images: Patient in case 1. Computed tomography scan with bone window of the skull base and lateral view showing bone overgrowth and narrowing of the foramen oval
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case_images: TN affecting the right mandibular branch - V3 [Figure 1]. The facial pain was controlled for one year with carbamazepine 1200 mg per day, but side effects limited the maintenance of this medication.
case_images: Patient in case 1. (a) Radioscopic image of the skull in lateral view during needle placement. (b) The foramen oval percutaneous approach during radiofrequency rhizotomy
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case_images: Another percutaneous RFR was performed to treat his right V3 pain in 2012 [Figure 2].
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case_images: Patient in case 2. 3D reconstruction scans obtained after bilateral bifrontotemporal decompressive craniotomy. Note the increased skull thickness and the overgrown of bone in the calvarium and mandible
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case_images: A generous bilateral bifrontotemporal decompressive craniectomy was then performed to treat the symptoms of raised ICP that improved after the surgical procedure [Figure 3].
case_images: Patient in case 2. Computerized tomography scan with bone window of the skull base showing bone overgrowth and narrowing of the right foramen oval
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case_images: PBC was performed [Figure 4]. Postoperatively, the patient was free of pain and the distribution of facial numbness was unchanged.