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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sinus Pericranii" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Samanta D. Sinus pericranii and myoclonic epilepsy: novel features of 3q29 microdeletion syndrome. Acta Neurol Belg. 2016 Sep; 116(3):363-4.