Radiolucent "zones" in parietal bones seen on computed tomography: a normal anatomic variant.
Computed tomographic images of the head, photographed at wide window settings to better demonstrate bone details, show radiolucencies in the parietal bones especially on sections taken at the vertex of the skull. These represent a normal finding and should not be mistaken for pathology.
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