Table 1. Descriptive summary of cases.

We summarize the cases with demographics, presenting symptoms, laboratory investigations, radiological findings, surgical procedures, and outcomes.

Birth details and dysmorphic features	Present case	Zhang et al. [9]	Lau and Hassan [10]	Thottiyil et al. [11]
Reported country	Saudi Arabia	China	Malaysia	India
Year of reporting	2023	2022	2022	2022
Sex	Female	Female	Female	Female
Age	31 years	54 years	44 years	26 years
BMI	37.2	NM	NM	23
Initial complaint	Left nasal obstruction	Fever, nausea and vomiting	Headache, eye pain with blurred vision	Seizure
Constitutional symptoms
Fever	+	+	NM	-
Nausea	-	+	NM	-
Vomiting	-	+	NM	-
Nervous system
Headache	+	+	+	+
Photophobia	+	-	-	-
Nuchal rigidity	+	+	-	-
Nasopharyngeal
Nasal discharge	+	+	NM	-
Hyposmia	+	+	NM	-
Radiological
Abnormal imaging	+	+	+	+
Laboratory
WBC	High	Normal	NM	-
CSF	Normal	Normal	-	+
Surgery
Underwent surgical repair	+	-	NM	ND
Post-surgical outcome	Positive	N/A	NM	ND
NM: Not mentioned; N/A: not available; WBC: whole blood count; CSF: cerebrospinal fluid