Parietal foramen
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Theparietal foramenis a foramen it is situated onon each side of the posterior aspect of the parietal bone near the sagittal suture. It transmits the emissary veins draining to superior sagittal sinus and occasionally a branch of theoccipital artery. It has a variable appearance and is often absent 3. When both parietal foramina are present, the point along the sagittal suture that is intersected by an imaginary line connecting the two parietal foramina is called the obelion.
Variant anatomy
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enlarged (giant) parietal foramen
- may be benign incidental variant but has been shown to be associated with anomalies, especially venous 1
- present as a pair of large and symmetrical parietal bone lucencies near the lambda 2
-<p>The <strong>parietal foramen </strong>is a foramen it is situated on the posterior aspect of the <a href="/articles/parietal-bone">parietal bone</a> near the <a href="/articles/sagittal-suture">sagittal suture</a>. It transmits the emissary veins draining to <a href="/articles/superior-sagittal-sinus">superior sagittal sinus</a> and occasionally a branch of the <a href="/articles/occipital-artery-1">occipital artery</a>. It has a variable appearance and is often absent <sup>3</sup>.</p><h4>Variant anatomy</h4><ul><li>- +<p>The <strong>parietal foramen </strong>is a foramen on each side of the posterior aspect of the <a href="/articles/parietal-bone">parietal bone</a> near the <a href="/articles/sagittal-suture">sagittal suture</a>. It transmits the emissary veins draining to <a href="/articles/superior-sagittal-sinus">superior sagittal sinus</a> and occasionally a branch of the <a href="/articles/occipital-artery-1">occipital artery</a>. It has a variable appearance and is often absent <sup>3</sup>. When both parietal foramina are present, the point along the sagittal suture that is intersected by an imaginary line connecting the two parietal foramina is called the <a title="obelion" href="/articles/obelion">obelion</a>.</p><h4>Variant anatomy</h4><ul><li>
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- 4. Currarino G. Normal variants and congenital anomalies in the region of the obelion. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1976;127 (3): 487-94. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2214/ajr.127.3.487">doi:10.2214/ajr.127.3.487</a> - <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/183538">Pubmed citation</a><span class="auto"></span>
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