Fig. 2.
Preoperative multiplanar MRI study with CISS sequences. The pure intracavernous epidermoid cyst (IEC) is clearly located within the cavernous sinus (CS), displacing the internal carotid artery (ICA) anteromedially and laterally bowing the lateral wall of the CS (LWCS), which contains the left third cranial nerve (L-III). Abbreviations: ICA: internal carotid artery; MC: Meckel's cave; L-ON: left optic nerve; L-VI: left sixth cranial nerve.
