R. Mund (Halle)  

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15 Years  

Male  

Head-Bones  

circulatory  

15 year-old boy after a cranial trauma. No symptoms. Chance findings in a cranial X-ray (done here to rule out fracture).  

Diploic veins, which become more prominent with increasing age.

The different expression of the impressions left by the veins are not always explainable.  

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X-Ray 1: Linear frontal radiolucent line, slight sclerosis of the wall (in contrast to the fracture lines). Dicotonic branching which is typical for vasculature.

Veins also can flow together in a star-shaped pattern.

In an obvious difference in the diploic veins of either side, one must take an intracranial angioma as a differential diagnosis into consideration (if there is an increase of venous flow).




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X-Ray 2: Lateral view

 

Expert's opinion  

Fracture (in this case, naturally not considered)
Increased venous flow in intracranial angioma  

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Vessel, furrows, cranial vault, Vessel Furrows, frontal cranial vault, frontal calvaria, calvarium, child, childhood, pediatric radiology  

R Mund. Vessel Furrows of the Cranial Vault (predominantly frontal). PedRad [serial online] vol 2, no. 3.
URL: www.PedRad.info/?search=20020302172627