title: The oblique occipital sinus: a review of anatomy and imaging characteristics.
abstract: Variations of the dural venous sinuses may result in inaccurate imaging interpretation or complications during surgical approaches. One variation of the dural venous sinuses reported infrequently in the literature is the oblique occipital sinus. The present paper reviews this anatomy and offers illustrations of the cadaveric and imaging findings seen with this venous variation.
authors.affiliation: Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital, 1600 7th Avenue South ACC 400, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA. shane.tubbs@chsys.org
authors.forename: R Shane
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Tubbs
authors.forename: Anand N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Bosmia
authors.forename: Mohammadali M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Shoja
authors.forename: Marios
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loukas
authors.forename: Joel K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Curé
authors.forename: Aaron A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Cohen-Gadol
mesh_terms: D003392:Cranial Sinuses / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed