A 25-year-old woman from the Philippines with a long history of progressive facial deformity and severe head and orbital pain due to a rare skull base defect underwent a successful minimally invasive repair at a private hospital in Sharjah, UAE. She had experienced disabling pain triggered by walking, eye movements, bending, and even minor vehicle motion, along with cosmetic asymmetry and psychological distress. After years of symptoms and failed attempts to find a suitable surgical option, she traveled from Iraq seeking treatment that would avoid open skull surgery.
She was diagnosed with a right frontal meningocele, an uncommon condition in which the meninges herniate through a skull defect. In this case, the pathology was exceptionally rare because the herniation extended into the orbital space behind the right eye rather than into the nasal cavity. This resulted in eye protrusion,…
