Clinical significance of a mysterious clival canal

Vol. 48 No. 4, 2007

ROMANIAN JOURNAL of MORPHOLOGY and EMBRYOLOGY

S. R. Nayak, Vasudha V. Saralaya, Latha V. Prabhu, Mangala M. Pai, A. Krishnamurthy

During routine osteology demonstration of the posterior cranial fossa we noticed a transverse bony canal in the middle third of the clivus of an adult male skull. The canal was situated 1.8 cm in front the anterior border of the foramen magnum. The length of the canal was 0.6 cm long. The possible embryological basis and clinical significance of the variation was discussed.

Corresponding author: Soubhagya Ranjan Nayak, MSc, e-mail: ranjanbhatana@gmail.com

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