Transverse sinus

Changed by Bahman Rasuli ◉ , 30 Oct 2019

Updates to Article Attributes

Body was changed:

Show markup changes

The transverse sinus is one of the dural venous sinuses and drains the superior sagittal sinus, the occipital sinus, and the straight sinus, and empties into the sigmoid sinus which in turn reaches the jugular bulb.

The two transverse sinuses arise at the confluence of the three aforementioned sinuses at the torcula herophili or confluence of sinuses.

Highly variable anatomy. For example, one study demonstrated ¹:

39% hypoplasia of the left sinus
31% symmetric
20% aplasia of the left sinus
6% hypoplasia of the right sinus
4% aplasia of the right sinus

-The transverse sinus is one of the <a href="/articles/dural-venous-sinuses">dural venous sinuses</a> and drains the <a href="/articles/superior-sagittal-sinus">superior sagittal sinus</a>, the <a href="/articles/occipital-sinus">occipital sinus</a> and the <a href="/articles/straight-sinus">straight sinus</a>, and empties into the <a href="/articles/sigmoid-sinus">sigmoid sinus</a> which in turn reaches the <a href="/articles/jugular-bulb">jugular bulb</a>.The two transverse sinuses arise at the confluence of the three aforementioned sinuses at the torcula herophili or <a href="/articles/confluence-of-sinuses">confluence of sinuses</a>.Highly variable anatomy. For example one study demonstrated 1:<ul>
+The transverse sinus is one of the <a href="/articles/dural-venous-sinuses">dural venous sinuses</a> and drains the <a href="/articles/superior-sagittal-sinus">superior sagittal sinus</a>, the <a href="/articles/occipital-sinus">occipital sinus</a>, and the <a href="/articles/straight-sinus">straight sinus</a>, and empties into the <a href="/articles/sigmoid-sinus">sigmoid sinus</a> which in turn reaches the <a href="/articles/jugular-bulb">jugular bulb</a>.The two transverse sinuses arise at the confluence of the three aforementioned sinuses at the torcula herophili or <a href="/articles/confluence-of-sinuses">confluence of sinuses</a>.Highly variable anatomy. For example, one study demonstrated 1:<ul>

{"current_user":null,"inclusions":[{"imageId":52422681,"studyId":37735,"caseSlug":"dural-venous-sinuses-illustration","caption":"Figure 1: diagram - dural venous sinuses","isStack":false,"diagnosticCertainty":"not_applicable","thumbnail":"https://prod-images-static.radiopaedia.org/images/52422681/e3f2ba860213579366508047444c62_big_gallery.jpeg"},{"imageId":9784703,"studyId":33897,"caseSlug":"cerebral-veins","caption":"Figure 2: diagram - cerebral veins","isStack":false,"diagnosticCertainty":"not_applicable","thumbnail":"https://prod-images-static.radiopaedia.org/images/9784703/0f859a65c2f0c3dce257d2ff37260f_big_gallery.jpg"},{"imageId":53150863,"studyId":93534,"caseSlug":"venous-vascular-territories-of-the-lateral-cerebral-cortex-illustration","caption":"Figure 3: venous vascular territories of the lateral cerebral cortex (illustration)","isStack":false,"diagnosticCertainty":"not_applicable","thumbnail":"https://prod-images-static.radiopaedia.org/images/53150863/553032748bc57a46e2feff9dc68d53_big_gallery.jpeg"},{"imageId":53146095,"studyId":93394,"caseSlug":"brain-venous-vascular-territories-diagram","caption":"Figure 4: venous vascular territories (illustration)","isStack":true,"diagnosticCertainty":"not_applicable","thumbnail":"https://prod-images-static.radiopaedia.org/images/53146095/e996ff33ae3c07bcadc22feee3260c_big_gallery.jpeg"},{"imageId":56582701,"studyId":114888,"caseSlug":"dural-venous-sinuses-grays-illustrations","caption":"Figure 5: dural venous sinuses (Gray's illustrations)","isStack":false,"diagnosticCertainty":"not_applicable","thumbnail":"https://prod-images-static.radiopaedia.org/images/56582701/0._big_gallery.jpeg"},{"imageId":56582703,"studyId":114888,"caseSlug":"dural-venous-sinuses-grays-illustrations","caption":"Figure 6: dural venous sinuses (Gray's illustrations)","isStack":false,"diagnosticCertainty":"not_applicable","thumbnail":"https://prod-images-static.radiopaedia.org/images/56582703/0._big_gallery.jpeg"}],"ddx_inclusions":[],"lang":"us"}

Updating… Please wait.

Unable to process the form. Check for errors and try again.

Thank you for updating your details.

Transverse sinus

Updates to Article Attributes

Articles

By Section:

By System:

Cases

Radiopaedia.org