title: Literature review: sinus pericranii.
abstract: Sinus pericranii is a rare circumscribed fluctuating vascular swelling of the scalp that communicates with the intracranial venous system. It has been associated with other intracranial vascular malformations. The tumour is usually round, fluctuant, nonpulsatile, and disappears with compression. Its size increases during manoeuvers that increase the intracranial pressure. Approximately 100 cases were reported in the literature. The antecedents, different surgical procedures, differential diagnoses, and associated malformations were reviewed.
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago.
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Vinas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Valenzuela
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zuleta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002550:Cerebral Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012535:Scalp; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery