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Temporal bone venous anomaly of surgical significance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

J. C. Shotton ,
H. Ludman  and
T.C.S. Cox
J. C. Shotton*
Affiliation:
Registrar, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kings, College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS
H. Ludman
Affiliation:
Consultant, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kings, College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS
T.C.S. Cox
Affiliation:
Consultant, Department of Neuroradiology, The Maudsley Hospital, DeCrespigny Park, London SE5 8AZ.
*
J. C. Shotton, F.R.C.S., Department of Otorhinolaryngology, King' College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS.
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Abstract

Variability in the size of the dural sinuses and jugular bulb is not uncommon and usually manifests as a high jugular bulb encroaching upon the floor of the middle ear. A rarer entity is the superior and medial extension of the jugular bulb into the bone of the posterior wall of the internal auditory meatus. We report a case where this anomaly was encountered during acoustic neuroma surgery making exposure of the fundus of the internal auditory meatus technically impossible. The possibility of a communication with the superior petrosal sinus is discussed.

Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 103 , Issue 1 , January 1989 , pp. 101 - 106
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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