Moose head appearance

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The moose head appearance refers to the lateral ventricles in coronal projection in patients with dysgenesis of the corpus callosum. The cingulate gyrus is everted into narrowed and elongated frontal horns.

An alternative name is the viking helmet sign. Other names include steer-horn, Texas longhorn, buffalo horn, trident-shaped, and Poseidon ventricles ⁴.

-The moose head appearance refers to the lateral ventricles in coronal projection in patients with <a href="/articles/dysgenesis-of-the-corpus-callosum">dysgenesis of the corpus callosum</a>. The cingulate gyrus is everted into narrowed and elongated frontal horns.An alternative name is the <a href="/articles/viking-helmet-sign">viking helmet sign</a>.
+The moose head appearance refers to the lateral ventricles in coronal projection in patients with <a href="/articles/dysgenesis-of-the-corpus-callosum">dysgenesis of the corpus callosum</a>. The cingulate gyrus is everted into narrowed and elongated frontal horns.An alternative name is the <a href="/articles/viking-helmet-sign">viking helmet sign</a>. Other names include steer-horn, Texas longhorn, buffalo horn, <a href="/articles/trident-appearance-disambiguation">trident</a>-shaped, and Poseidon ventricles 4.

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4. Jackson EM, Cohen AR. Buffalo horn ventricles: case illustration. (2018) Journal of neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 21 (5): 496-497. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3171/2018.1.PEDS17667">doi:10.3171/2018.1.PEDS17667</a> - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29498606">Pubmed</a>

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