title: Intracranial dural venous anomalies in familial cervical cystic hygroma.
abstract: This report describes a 3-year-old male with a familial cervical cystic hygroma and intracranial dural venous abnormalities consisting of a falcine sinus between the superior sagittal and the straight sinus with a rudimentary posterior part of the superior sagittal sinus; a prominent occipital sinus with narrowed transverse sinuses; and no intraparenchymal vascular abnormality. We hypothesize that a genetic factor that resulted in familial cervical cystic hygromas may also have caused the intracranial dural venous anomalies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tada
authors.forename: Jun-ichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Takanashi
authors.forename: A James
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Barkovich
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kohno
mesh_terms: D002550:Cerebral Veins / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D018191:Lymphangioma, Cystic / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010690:Phlebography