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ArticleSurgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA2025

An accessory sphenoidal foramen of the middle cranial fossa detected on computed tomography.

George Triantafyllou, Panagiotis Papadopoulos-Manolarakis, Łukasz Olewnik, Fabrice Duparc, George Tsakotos, Nicol Zielinska, Maria Piagkou

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George TriantafyllouDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias Str., Goudi, 11527, Athens, Greece. georgerose406@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-0122-2436
Panagiotis Papadopoulos-ManolarakisDepartment of Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Nikaia-Piraeus, Athens, Greece.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-5662-8354
Łukasz OlewnikDepartment of Clinical Anatomy, Masovian Academy in Płock, Płock, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6414-9504
Fabrice DuparcDepartment of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine-Pharmacy, University of Rouen-Normandy, Rouen, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7131-7692
George TsakotosDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias Str., Goudi, 11527, Athens, Greece.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8559-8969
Nicol ZielinskaDepartment of Clinical Anatomy, Masovian Academy in Płock, Płock, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9851-7769
Maria PiagkouDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias Str., Goudi, 11527, Athens, Greece.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-8005

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Abstract

backgroundThe skull base depicts significant morphological variability, which is frequently described due to its neurosurgical significance. The middle cranial fossa's accessory foramen has rarely been described. MATERIALS: A 53-year-old female patient's computed tomography (CT) scan was further investigated for its unusual morphology.

resultsOn the left-sided middle cranial fossa, an accessory sphenoidal foramen (ASF) was observed, located 3.3 mm posterior to the foramen rotundum (FR) and 5.5 mm anterior to the foramen ovale (FO). Extracranially, the ASF opened into the infratemporal fossa and coexisted with another sphenoidal emissary foramen (SEF), anteromedially to the FO. On the right side, two SEF were located anteromedially to the FO.

conclusionsSimilar to the current case, ASF of the middle cranial fossa were reported in a previous study with a prevalence of 0.20%. The unconstraint well described accessory foramina are the emissary foramina that transmit emissary veins, and are of interest for anatomists, radiologists and neurosurgeons.

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Anatomic VariationCranial Fossa, MiddleSphenoid BoneFemaleHumansMiddle AgedTomography, X-Ray ComputedAccessory foramenAnatomyEmissary foramenInfratemporal fossaMiddle cranial fossaVariant foramenVariation

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