Twining's line

Case contributed by Craig Hacking
Diagnosis not applicable
Diagram

Twining's line is the distance from the tuberculum sellae to the torcula.

Case Discussion

The distance and angle with the tentorium is useful in volumetric assessment of the posterior cranial fossa in Chiari I malformations.

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