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Slit-lamp photographs of the right eye in a 59-year-old male diagnosed with neurotrophic keratopathy. Corneal epithelial defect and corneal stromal edema surrounding the epithelial defected area was seen in the right cornea.
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Slit-lamp examination and fluorescein staining revealed a corneal epithelial defect and corneal stromal edema surrounding the epithelial defected area in his right eye (Fig. 1).
Confocal microscopy images of the subbasal epithelial layer. The nerve fibers were not observed in the right eye (a) but complete nerve fibers were observed in the left eye (b).
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Examination with a confocal microscope (Heidelberg Retina Tomograph II Rostock Cornea Module; Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany) revealed that the subbasal nerves were visible in the left cornea but not visible in the right cornea (Fig. 2).
a T1-weighted slices showed a mass which spread extracranially along the trigeminal nerve. b T1-weighted slice showed a soft tissue tumor occupying the right Meckel's cave. The trigeminal ganglion is located within the Meckel's cave.
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a mass in his cavernous sinus, which was identified as an NPC (Fig. 3). The soft tissue tumor occupied the right Meckel's cave (Fig. 3b).