A complex dural-venous variation in the posterior cranial fossa: A triplicate falx cerebelli and an aberrant venous sinus

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 148-151

  Shoja, M M ^a   Tubbs, R S ^b,c   Loukas, M ^d,e   Shokouhi, G ^a   Oakes, W J ^c  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d St George's University   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory; Dura; Falx cerebelli; Occipital sinus; Posterior cranial fossa; Variation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CALVARIA; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; SINUS VENOSUS;

ADULT; CEREBELLUM; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CRANIAL SINUSES; DURA MATER; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 34250617923     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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