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Rare vascular anomaly involving a communication between the intracranial and extracranial venous circulation via diploe, the central spongy layer of cranial bone. It is often characterized by dilated venous structures on the scalp due to abnormal drainage from the intracranial venous sinuses. Sinus pericranii can be congenital or traumatic in origin.
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2000
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- Cranial Sinuses (1971-1999)
- Hemangioma (1971-1999)
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- National Library of Medicine. Sinus Pericranii. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020779. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020779
- Sinus Pericranii. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinus_pericranii
- Sinus Pericranii. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9378133