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The middle cranial fossa's accessory foramen has rarely been described.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A 53-year-old female patient's computed tomography (CT) scan\u00a0was further investigated for its unusual morphology.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>On the left-sided middle cranial fossa, an accessory sphenoidal foramen (ASF) was observed, located 3.3\u00a0mm posterior to the foramen rotundum (FR) and 5.5\u00a0mm anterior to the foramen ovale (FO). Extracranially, the ASF opened into the infratemporal fossa and coexisted with another sphenoidal emissary foramen (SEF), anteromedially to the FO. On the right side, two SEF were located anteromedially to the FO.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Similar to the current case, ASF of the middle cranial fossa were reported in a previous study with a prevalence of 0.20%. 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