Sinus pericranii

Case contributed by Ian Bickle
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Pulsatile mass in the interparietal region. Venous?

Patient Data

Age: 3 years
Gender: Male
mri

Venous communication between the intracranial superior sagittal sinuses and serpigionous epicranial veins at the vertex via a tranosseous vein. 

No neuroparenchymal developmental venous anomaly or AVM. 

The brain is structurally normal.

Case Discussion

The MRI appearances are in keeping with sinus pericranii.

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