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Anatomy of the Cavernous Sinus and Related Structures

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Dural Cavernous Sinus Fistulas

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Abstract

The cavernous sinus (CS) is closely related to the osseous structures of the middle cranial fossa such as the sphenoid bone and the sella turcica. The sphenoid bone is situated in the base of the skull and consists of a cuboid corpus containing the two sphenoid sinuses. The greater wings arise from the side of the corpus of the sphenoid bone and project transversely, bending superiorly in their anterior portion. The lesser wings are two thin triangular plates of bone arising from the anterior aspect of the sphenoid bone extending nearly horizontally and laterally. The lateral extremity of the smaller wing, slender and pointed, approaches the greater wing but as a rule actually never touches it (Trotter and Peterson 1996). The superior surface is slightly smooth and concave forming the posterior part of the floor of the anterior fossa. The inferior surface constitutes a portion of the superior wall of the orbit and overhangs the superior orbital fissure (Trotter and Peterson 1996), the elongated opening between the wings. The posterior border of the lesser wings forms part of the boundary between the anterior and middle cranial fossa and is prolonged at its medial extremity to form the anterior clinoid process.

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Benndorf, G. (2010). Anatomy of the Cavernous Sinus and Related Structures. In: Dural Cavernous Sinus Fistulas. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68889-1_3

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