Innominate line

Last revised by Yoshi Yu on 25 Jun 2023

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Citation:

Yu Y, Innominate line. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 03 May 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-170822

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-170822

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/170822

rID:

170822

Article created:

23 Jun 2023, Yoshi Yu ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Yoshi Yu had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

Last revised:

25 Jun 2023, Yoshi Yu ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Yoshi Yu had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

Revisions:

2 times, by 1 contributor - see full revision history and disclosures

The innominate line is the projection of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone seen on frontal radiographs of the skull ^1,2.

Its absence (bare orbit sign) is indicative of destruction or dysplasia of the sphenoid bone and is classically associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 ³.

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