title: Anomalous intracranial drainage of the nasal mucosa: a vein of the foramen caecum?
abstract: The existence of the vein of the foramen caecum (VFC) in humans is still controversial. We present 2 patients with intracranial drainage of the nasal mucosa by a frontal cortical vein into a superior sagittal sinus, demonstrated by digital subtraction angiography. In both, the position of the intracranial passage was found to be slightly paramedian. An analogy to the VFC is made.
authors.affiliation: Section of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: San Millán Ruíz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gailloud
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Rüfenacht
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: J H D
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Fasel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D002550:Cerebral Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003392:Cranial Sinuses / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000098:blood supply*