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ArticleCureus2023

Twenty Intracranial Skull Base Variations in the Same Specimen.

Mitchell Couldwell, Arada Chaiyamoon, Juan J Cardona, Joe Iwanaga, David Ezra, Athikhun Suwannakhan, Aaron S Dumont, R Shane Tubbs

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Mitchell CouldwellDepartment of Neurosurgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, USA.
Arada ChaiyamoonDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, THA.
Juan J CardonaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, USA.
Joe IwanagaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, USA.
David EzraSchool of Nursing Science, The Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, Yaffo, ISR.
Athikhun SuwannakhanDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, THA.
Aaron S DumontDepartment of Neurosurgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, USA.
R Shane TubbsDepartment of Neurosurgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, USA.
Tulane University · USMahidol University · THAcademic College of Tel Aviv-Yafo · ILKhon Kaen University · THOchsner Health System · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anatomists and clinicians often encounter single bony anatomical variations in dry skulls and on imaging. However, a constellation of 20 such variants some that, to our knowledge, have not been previously described is noteworthy. Here, we describe an adult skull with multiple bony variations, and these are detailed and discussed. These included clival canals, an interclinoid bar with resultant foramen at the uppermost aspect of the clivus, middle clinoid process, posterior petroclinoid ligament, pterygoalar plate, septated hypoglossal canal, foramen through the anterior clinoid process, septated foramen ovale, shortened superior orbital fissure, and crista muscularis. Knowledge of individual differences in the structure of the skull may be of use to both anatomists and clinicians in the treatment of intracranial procedures as well as cranial imaging studies. Taken together, such a unique specimen is of archival value.

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PMID37425550
PMCPMC10328379
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