Two Cases with Persistent Falcine Sinus as Congenital Variation.
10.3340/jkns.2010.48.1.82
- Author:
Myoung Soo KIM
1
;
Ghi Jai LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hanibalkms@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Falcine sinus;
Straight sinus;
Encephalocele;
Tentorium cerebelli
- MeSH:
Child;
Drainage;
Encephalocele;
Female;
Headache;
Humans;
Hypogonadism;
Middle Aged;
Mitochondrial Diseases;
Ophthalmoplegia;
Parturition;
Scalp
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
2010;48(1):82-84
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The falcine sinus is an abnormal anatomic structure located in the falx cerebri that is closed after birth and is rarely observed. We describe two cases of persistent falcine sinus. A 60-year-old woman presented with headache. An 11-year-old girl presented with intermittent headache and a palpable scalp mass in the middle of the high parietal area. The straight sinuses were absent in both patients. In both patients, drainage of the galenic system took place through a sinus within the falx, also known as a falcine sinus. Suspicious dysplastic tentorium cerebelli was observed in one patient. It can be concluded that a mesenchymal disorder can be the primary cause for a persistent falcine sinus.
