TY - JOUR
T1 - An incidental persistent falcine sinus with dominant straight sinus and hypoplastic distal superior sagittal sinus
AU - Manoj, Krishnan Sarojam
AU - Krishnamoorthy, Thamburaj
AU - Thomas, Bejoy
AU - Kapilamoorthy, Tirur Raman
PY - 2006/1
Y1 - 2006/1
N2 - An incidental persistent falcine sinus was detected in an otherwise normal brain on MRI in a 12-year-old girl who underwent imaging after clinical suspicion of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. The falcine sinus was associated with a hypoplastic posterior third of the superior sagittal sinus and a dominant straight sinus. Generally, atresia or hypoplasia of the straight sinus is associated with a persistent falcine sinus in postnatal life; otherwise, the falcine sinus disappears before birth. We discuss the embryological basis for such an association in this case.
AB - An incidental persistent falcine sinus was detected in an otherwise normal brain on MRI in a 12-year-old girl who underwent imaging after clinical suspicion of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. The falcine sinus was associated with a hypoplastic posterior third of the superior sagittal sinus and a dominant straight sinus. Generally, atresia or hypoplasia of the straight sinus is associated with a persistent falcine sinus in postnatal life; otherwise, the falcine sinus disappears before birth. We discuss the embryological basis for such an association in this case.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00247-005-0009-x
DO - 10.1007/s00247-005-0009-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 16283283
AN - SCOPUS:33244481064
SN - 0301-0449
VL - 36
SP - 65
EP - 67
JO - Pediatric Radiology
JF - Pediatric Radiology
IS - 1
ER -