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Journal of Pediatric Neuroradiology 2012; 01(01): 049-053
DOI: 10.3233/PNR-2012-008
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart – New York

Sinus pericranii: A case report

Ridwan Lin
a   Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
,
Brian Jankowitz
b   Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
,
Aitziber Aleu
a   Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
,
Dean Kostov
b   Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
,
Hilal Kanaan
b   Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
,
Kim Lee
b   Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
,
Walter Bartynski
d   Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
,
Arthur C. Huen
c   Department of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
,
Tudor Jovin
a   Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
,
Michael Horowitz
b   Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
,
Robin Gehris
c   Department of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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13 April 2010

25 September 2010

Publication Date:
28 July 2015 (online)

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Abstract

A healthy 6-week-old white male presented with an intermittently enlarging reddish-blue plaque on the midline forehead and frontal scalp. Neuroimaging revealed an abnormal vascular communication between the extracranial and intracranial venous systems. This rare condition is termed sinus pericranii. The authors provide a review of sinus pericranii and describe its imaging findings, embryologic derivation, differential diagnosis, and clinical management.

Keywords

Sinus pericranii - venous - intracranial - extracranial