Microsurgical and histomorphometric study of the occipital sinus: Quantitative measurements using a novel approach of stereology

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 386-393

  Balak, Naci ^a   Ersoy, Gökhan ^b   Uslu, Ünal ^c   Tanriöver, Necmettin ^b   Tapul, Leyla ^d   Çetin, Gürsel ^b   Işik, Nejat ^a   Elmaci, Ilhan ^a  

^a GOZTEPE TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dural venous sinuses; Neurosurgery; Occipital sinus; Posterior fossa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; INFERIOR PETROSAL SINUS; MICROSURGERY; MORPHOMETRICS; OCCIPITAL SINUS; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; SUPERIOR PETROSAL SINUS; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS;

ADULT; CADAVER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CRANIAL SINUSES; DISSECTION; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL BONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951596973     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20947     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Alper F, Kantarci M, Dane S, Gumustekin K, Onbas O, Durur I. 2004. Importance of anatomical asymmetries of transverse sinuses: An MR venographic study. Cerebrovasc Dis 18:236-239. (Pubitemid 39279400)
2. Bisaria KK. 1985. Anatomic variations of venous sinuses in the region of the torcular Herophili. J Neurosurg 62:90-95.
3. Butler H. 1957. The development of certain human dural venous sinuses. J Anat 91:510-526.
4. Butler H. 1967. The development of mammalian dural venous sinuses with especial reference to the post-glenoid vein. J Anat 102:33-56.
5. Carter RM, Yan Y. 2005. Measurement of particle shape using digital imaging techniques. J Phys: Conf Series 15:177-182. (Pubitemid 41228607)
6. Cui Y, Koop EA, van Diest PJ, Kandel RA, Rohan TE. 2007. Nuclear morphometric features in benign breast tissue and risk of subsequent breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat 104:103-107. (Pubitemid 46976637)
7. Dagain A, Vignes JR, Dulou R, Dutertre G, Delmas JM, Guerin J, Liguoro D. 2008. Junction between the great cerebral vein and the straight sinus: an anatomical, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural study on 25 human brain cadaveric dissections. Clin Anat 21:389-397. (Pubitemid 351976907)
8. Das AC, Hasan M. 1970. The occipital sinus. J Neurosurg 33:307-311.
9. Day JD, Kellogg JX, Tschabitscher M, Fukushima T. 1996. Surface and superficial surgical anatomy of the posterolateral cranial base: Significance for surgical planning and approach. Neurosurgery 38:1079-1084. (Pubitemid 26162751)
10. Dora F, Zileli T. 1980. Common variations of the lateral and occipital sinuses at the confluens sinuum. Neuroradiology 20:23-27. (Pubitemid 10035539)
11. Gibbs E, Gibbs F. 1934. The cross section areas of the vessels that form the torcular and the manner in which flow is distributed to the right and to the left lateral sinus. Anat Rec 59:419-426.
12. Grey T. 1996. Quantitation in histopathology. In: Bancroft JD, Stevens A, editors. Theory and Practice of Histological Techniques. 4th Ed. New York: Churchill Livingstone.
13. Gundersen HJ, Jensen EB, Kieu K, Nielsen J. 1999. The efficiency of systematic sampling in stereology-reconsidered. J Microsc 193:199-211.
14. Kobayashi K, Matsui O, Suzuki M, Ueda F. 2006. Anatomical study of the confluence of the sinuses with contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance venography. Neuroradiology 48:307-311. (Pubitemid 43733089)
15. Krayenbühl HA, Yaşargil MG. 1968. Cerebral Angiography. 2nd Ed. London, Tu̇bingen: Butterworth & Co.
16. Matsushima T, Rhoton AL Jr, de Oliveira E, Peace D. 1983. Microsurgical anatomy of the veins of the posterior fossa. J Neurosurg 59:63-105. (Pubitemid 13065714)
17. Matsushima T, Suzuki SO, Fukui M, Rhoton AL Jr, de Oliveira E, Ono M. 1989. Microsurgical anatomy of the tentorial sinuses. J Neurosurg 71:923-928.
18. McDonnell CH III, Herfkens RJ, Norbash AM, Rubin GD. 1994. Magnetic resonance imaging and measurement of blood flow. West J Med 160:237-242. (Pubitemid 24092194)
19. Modic MT, Weinstein MA, Starnes DL, Kinney SE, Duchesneau PM. 1983. Intravenous digital subtraction angiography of the intracranial veins and dural sinuses. Radiology 146:383-389. (Pubitemid 13225477)
20. Muthukumar N, Palaniappan P. 1998. Tentorial venous sinuses: An anatomic study. Neurosurgery 42:363-371. (Pubitemid 28076797)
21. Nadim Y, Lu J, Sabry FF, Ebraheim N. 2000. Occipital screws in occipitocervical fusion and their relation to the venous sinuses: An anatomic and radiographic study. Orthopedics 23:717-719. (Pubitemid 30463897)
22. Okudera T, Huang YP, Ohta T, Yokota A, Nakamura Y, Maehara F, Utsunomiya H, Uemura K, Fukasawa H. 1994. Development of posterior fossa dural sinuses, emissary veins, and jugular bulb: Morphological and radiologic study. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 15:1871-1883. (Pubitemid 24352833)
23. Rhoton AL Jr. 2000. The posterior fossa veins. Neurosurgery 47: S69-S92.
24. Ribas GC, Rhoton AL Jr, Cruz OR, Peace D. 2005. Suboccipital burr holes and craniectomies. Neurosurg Focus 19:E1.
25. Russ J, Dehoff R. 1999. Practical Stereology. 2nd Ed. New York, NY: Plenum Press.
26. Singh M, Nagashima M, Inoue Y. 2004. Anatomical variations of occipital bone impressions for dural venous sinuses around the torcular Herophili, with special reference to the consideration of clinical significance. Surg Radiol Anat 26:480-487. (Pubitemid 39562366)
27. Suzuki Y, Nakajima M, Ikeda H, Abe T. 2005. Three-dimensional computed tomography angiography of the galenic system for the occipital transtentorial approach. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 45:387-394. (Pubitemid 41290753)
28. Tubbs RS, Ammar K, Liechty P, Wellons JC III, Blount JP, Salter EG, Oakes WJ. 2006. The marginal sinus. J Neurosurg 104:429-431.
29. Tubbs RS, Salter G, Oakes WJ. 2000. Superficial surgical landmarks for the transverse sinus and torcular herophili. J Neurosurg 93:279-281. (Pubitemid 30604870)
30. Widjaja E, Griffiths PD. 2004. Intracranial MR venography in children: Normal anatomy and variations. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 25:1557-1562. (Pubitemid 44383610)
31. Woodhall B. 1936. Variations of the cranial venous sinuses in the region of the torcular herophili. Arch Surg 33:297-314.
32. Yaşargil MG. 1996. Surgical approaches. In: Microneurosurgery. New York: Thieme Medical Publishers Inc. p 29-68.