Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Petrobasilar, petroclival or petrosphenoidal canal of the abducens nerve

  • Letter to the editor - Editorial
  • Published:
Acta Neurochirurgica Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Aggarwal B, Gupta M, Kumar H (2012) Ossified ligaments of the skull. J Anat Soc India 61(1):37–40

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Kayaci S, Yildirim T, Ogden M, Unal O, Sam B, Ucuncu Y (2016) Petroclival canal: a rare passage of the abducens nerve at the petroclival region-anatomic variation. Jacobs J Anat 1(3):011

    Google Scholar 

  3. Marom A (2011) A new look at an old canal. Skull Base 21(1):53–58

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  4. Oishi H, Arai H, Sato K, Izuka Y (1999) Complications associated with transvenous embolisation of cavernous dural arteriovenous fistula. Acta Neurochir 141(12):1265–1271

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Ozgür A, Esen K (2015) Ossification of the petrosphenoidal ligament: multidetector computed tomography findings of an unusual variation with a potential role in abducens nerve palsy. Jpn J Radiol 33(5):260–265

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Ozgur A, Esen K, Kara E, Temel GO (2017) Visualization of the Abducens nerve in its Petroclival segment using contrast-enhanced FIESTA MRI: the size of the petroclival venous confluence affects detectability. Clin Neuroradiol 27(1):97–103

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  7. Ozveren MF, Sam B, Akdemir I, Alkan A, Tekdemir I, Deda H (2003) Duplication of the abducens nerve at the petroclival region: an anatomic study. Neurosurgery 52(3):645–652

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. Peker T, Anil A, Gülekon N, Turgut H, Pelin C, Karakose M (2006) The incidence and types of sella and sphenopetrous bridges. Neurosurg Rev 29(3):219–223

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  9. Pizzolorusso F, Cirotti A, Pizzolorusso G (2017) Anatomic variation of the abducens nerve in a single cadaver dissection: the “petrobasilar canal”. Acta Neurochir 159(4):677–680

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  10. Tubbs RS, Sharma A, Loukas M, Cohen-Gadol AA (2014) Ossification of the petrosphenoidal ligament: unusual variation with the potential for abducens nerve entrapment in Dorello’s canal at the skull base. Surg Radiol Anat 36(3):303–305

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  11. Umansky F, Elidan J, Valarezo (1991) Dorello’s canal: A microanatomical study. J Neurosurg 75:294–298

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  12. Ziyal IM, Ozgen T, Sekhar LN, Ozcan OE, Cekirge S (2005) Proposed classification of segments of the internal carotid artery: anatomical study with angiographical interpretation. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 45(4):184–191

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Kirikkale University, Yahsihan, 71450, Kirikkale, Turkey

    Mustafa Ogden & Mehmet Faik Ozveren

  2. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey

    Selim Kayacı

Authors
  1. Mustafa Ogden
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Mehmet Faik Ozveren
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Selim Kayacı
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Mustafa Ogden.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Ogden, M., Ozveren, M.F. & Kayacı, S. Petrobasilar, petroclival or petrosphenoidal canal of the abducens nerve. Acta Neurochir 159, 2145–2146 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-017-3324-8

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-017-3324-8

Search

Navigation