ReviewChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2018
A comprehensive review of the clivus: anatomy, embryology, variants, pathology, and surgical approaches.
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- The developing spheno-occipital skull base: developmental variants and embryologic remnants that mimic pathology in children.Pediatric radiology · 2026Review
- Clinical Outcome of Extended Endoscopic Endonasal Transclival Approach for Skull Base Lesions.Neurosurgery practice · 2026Article
- Atlanto-occipital assimilation: the role of ex-, basi-, and suboccipital bones in the physiopathology of type I basilar invagination. Patient series.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2026Article
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- Analysis of the application of 3D-printed personalized positioning fixation in nasopharyngeal carcinoma radiotherapy.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2025Article
- Anatomical and morphometric study of variations of the clivus in dried human skulls from the northeastern Thai population.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2025Article
- Clival fibrous dysplasia in which short interval disease progression posed a diagnostic challenge in a skeletally mature patient: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2025Article
- Image guided endonasal endoscopic approach to different clivus pathologies.International journal of surgery case reports · 2025Article
- Posterior vascular anatomy of the encephalon: a comprehensive review.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2024Review
- Intrasellar chordoma masquerading as a pituitary neuroendocrine tumor: Illustrative case.Surgical neurology international · 2024Article
- Trabeculae in the basilar venous plexus: anatomical and histological study with application to intravascular procedures.Anatomy & cell biology · 2023Article
- Clival and Paraclival Lesions: A Pictorial Review.The Indian journal of radiology & imaging · 2023Article
- The Submandibular Approach: A Descriptive Perspective of the Retropharingeal Corridor to the Craniocervical Junction (Microscopic- vs. Endoscopic-Assisted Dissections).Acta neurochirurgica. Supplement · 2023Article
- Clival Defect Resulting in Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea: Case Report and Review of Literature.Case reports in otolaryngology · 2023Article
- Investigation of the prevalence and main features of skull-base anomalies and characteristics of the sphenoid sinus using cone-beam computed tomography.Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons · 2022Article
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- Endoscopic Endonasal Approach in Clival Chordoma Surgery: Case Series.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2021Article
- Anatomical variations of clivus: a descriptive anatomical study.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2021Article
- Clivus pathologies from diagnosis to surgical multidisciplinary treatment. Review of the literature.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2021Review
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Abstract
introductionThe clivus is a bony structure formed by the fusion of the basioccipital and basispheniod bone at the sphenooccipital synchondrosis. This downward sloping structure from the dorsum sellae to the foramen magnum is derived from mesoderm and ectoderm properties.
methodsThis comprehensive review of the clivus will discuss its basic anatomy, embryology, pathological findings, and surgical implications. The clivus is an endochondral bone, formed under two processes; first, a cartilaginous base is developed, and it is secondly reabsorbed and replaced with bone. Knowledge of its embryological structure and growth of development will clarify the pathogenesis of anatomical variants and pathological findings of the clivus.
conclusionsUnderstanding the anatomy including proximity to anatomical structures, adjacent neurovasculature properties, and anatomical variants will aid neurosurgeons in their surgical management when treating pathological findings around the clivus.
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