The petrosquamosal sinus in humans

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 209, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 711-720

  San Millán Ruíz, Diego ^a   Gailloud, Philippe ^b   Yilmaz, Hasan ^a   Perren, Fabienne ^a   Rathgeb, Jean Paul ^a   Rüfenacht, Daniel A ^a   Fasel, Jean H D ^c  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Encephalic venous drainage pathways; Internal and external jugular veins; Petrosquamosal sinus; Postglenoid foramen; Venous hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN VEIN; CASE REPORT; CRANIAL NERVE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MORPHOLOGY; OBSERVATION; PETROSQUAMOSAL SINUS; PETROUS BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CORROSION CASTING; CRANIAL SINUSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33751203884     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2006.00652.x     Document Type: Article

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