Sinus Pericranii
"Sinus Pericranii" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Rare vascular anomaly involving a communication between the intracranial and extracranial venous circulation via diploe, the central spongy layer of cranial bone. It is often characterized by dilated venous structures on the scalp due to abnormal drainage from the intracranial venous sinuses. Sinus pericranii can be congenital or traumatic in origin.
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D020779
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.500.190.800 C14.240.850.875.750 C16.131.666.190.800
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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sinus Pericranii" by people in Profiles.
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Amuluru K, Al-Mufti F, Shah M, Prestigiacomo CJ, Liu JK, Gandhi CD. Acquired Sinus Pericranii Due To Parasagittal Meningiomatous Invasion of the Superior Sagittal Sinus and Bilateral Transverse Sinuses. World Neurosurg. 2017 Feb; 98:872.e5-872.e9.