Porto Alegre
, Brazil Case Reports
Unknown foramen found in the middle cranial fossa
Author(s): Joao Antonio Bonatto-Costa*, Deivis de Campos, Jose Aderval Aragao, Anna Julie de Mello Coutinho, Cecilia Emmel Araujo, Amanda Busatto, Josue Renner and Lino de Oliveira Pinto Junior
The sphenoid bone is located in the middle cranial fossa and has a lot of structures going through its foramina. However, in a skull belonging to the collection of the anatomic laboratory of the University of Rio dos Sinos Valley, an unusual foramen was found. It was placed below the optic canal, in the body of the sphenoid bone, thus connecting the middle cranial fossa with the nasal cavity and it was not yet described in the literature. Observing this, it was decided that the next step should be a search in the collection of another two universities in the Brazilian South and one in the Northeast. The presence of the unknown foramen was checked in dry skulls with their base exposed, verifying its prevalence in the collection of the anatomic labs of the participating universities. Following the inclusion criteria, another 96 skulls were analyzed, looking for the same observed foramen.. Read More»
DOI:
10.37532/1308-4038.20.13.82
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