Sinus pericranii: A case report

Ridwan Lin; Brian Jankowitz; Aitziber Aleu; Dean Kostov; Hilal Kanaan; Kim Lee; Walter Bartynski; Arthur C. Huen; Tudor Jovin; Michael Horowitz; Robin Gehris

doi:10.3233/PNR-2012-008

Journal of Pediatric Neuroradiology, Table of Contents

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

Authors

Ridwan Lin

^aDepartment of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Brian Jankowitz

^bDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Aitziber Aleu

^aDepartment of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Dean Kostov

^bDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Hilal Kanaan

^bDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Kim Lee

^bDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Walter Bartynski

^dDepartment of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Arthur C. Huen

^cDepartment of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Tudor Jovin

^aDepartment of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Michael Horowitz

^bDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Robin Gehris

^cDepartment of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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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

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