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torcular Herophili

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torcular Herophili [tor´ku-ler he-rof´ĭ-le]
a depression in the occipital bone at the confluence of a number of cerebral venous sinuses.
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The patient underwent computed tomography (CT) scan of the head, which showed obstructive hydrocephalus and an aneurysmally dilated vein of Galen, a stenotic straight sinus, and a distended torcular Herophili.
Endovascular treatment of vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation by du Toit, J.; Bam, J.A.; Mngomezulu, V. / South African Journal of Radiology
 
 
 
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