Incidence, Anatomy and Clinical Significance of Carotico-clinoid Foramen and Interclinoid Osseous Bridge in Human Skulls in Gujarat Region
Introduction: Carotico-clinoid foramen is an ossified carotico-clinoid ligament or a dural fold between anterior and middle clinoid processes situated in the middle cranial cavity. It is related to cavernous sinus, pituitary gland and sphenoidal air sinus. Interclinoid osseous bridge is the oss...
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| description | Introduction: Carotico-clinoid foramen is an ossified
carotico-clinoid ligament or a dural fold between anterior
and middle clinoid processes situated in the middle cranial
cavity. It is related to cavernous sinus, pituitary gland and
sphenoidal air sinus. Interclinoid osseous bridge is the
ossification of ligament or dural fold between anterior,
middle and posterior clinoid processes.
Aim: To observe incidence, anatomy and clinical
significance of carotico-clinoid foramen and interclinoid
osseous bridge in the Gujarat region.
Materials and Methods: The present study was
conducted in the Department of Anatomy, total 200 dry
adult human skulls were examined to observe incidence,
size, shape and various types of carotico-clinoid foramen
(complete, contact, incomplete). The incidence of
interclinoid osseous bridge was observed bilaterally and
divided into four types.
Result: The incidence of carotico-clinoid foramen was
10.5% (21 skulls out of 200). The foramen was bilaterally
present in six (3%) and unilateral in 15 (7.5%). The incidence
of complete and incomplete foramen was 11 (5.5%) and 10
(5%), respectively. The mean of maximum dimensions of
carotico-clinoid foramen was 5.432±1.043 mm on right side
and 5.623±0.651 mm on left side. The Type II interclinoid
osseous bridge was found in four (2%) skulls. Type I bridge
suggests carotico-clinoid foramen itself, while Type III and
Type IV bridges were not found in the current study.
Conclusion: The study of carotico-clinoid foramen has
clinical importance as its presence can cause compression
of internal carotid artery which may result into insufficient
blood supply to brain. Further, the presence of this
foramen and interclinoid osseous bridge can complicate
neurosurgery in this region. Therefore, the detailed
anatomical knowledge is very important for clinicians to
increase success rate in the regional surgery |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1a2dec7ddd02455fafef99834e8798562022-12-21T18:44:29ZengJCDR Research and Publications Pvt. Ltd.International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery2277-85432455-68742018-04-0172AO33AO3710.7860/IJARS/2018/35641:2391Incidence, Anatomy and Clinical Significance of Carotico-clinoid Foramen and Interclinoid Osseous Bridge in Human Skulls in Gujarat RegionBinita J Purohit0Praveen R Singh1Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Anand, Gujarat, India.Professor and Head, Department of Anatomy Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Anand, Gujarat, India.Introduction: Carotico-clinoid foramen is an ossified carotico-clinoid ligament or a dural fold between anterior and middle clinoid processes situated in the middle cranial cavity. It is related to cavernous sinus, pituitary gland and sphenoidal air sinus. Interclinoid osseous bridge is the ossification of ligament or dural fold between anterior, middle and posterior clinoid processes. Aim: To observe incidence, anatomy and clinical significance of carotico-clinoid foramen and interclinoid osseous bridge in the Gujarat region. Materials and Methods: The present study was conducted in the Department of Anatomy, total 200 dry adult human skulls were examined to observe incidence, size, shape and various types of carotico-clinoid foramen (complete, contact, incomplete). The incidence of interclinoid osseous bridge was observed bilaterally and divided into four types. Result: The incidence of carotico-clinoid foramen was 10.5% (21 skulls out of 200). The foramen was bilaterally present in six (3%) and unilateral in 15 (7.5%). The incidence of complete and incomplete foramen was 11 (5.5%) and 10 (5%), respectively. The mean of maximum dimensions of carotico-clinoid foramen was 5.432±1.043 mm on right side and 5.623±0.651 mm on left side. The Type II interclinoid osseous bridge was found in four (2%) skulls. Type I bridge suggests carotico-clinoid foramen itself, while Type III and Type IV bridges were not found in the current study. Conclusion: The study of carotico-clinoid foramen has clinical importance as its presence can cause compression of internal carotid artery which may result into insufficient blood supply to brain. Further, the presence of this foramen and interclinoid osseous bridge can complicate neurosurgery in this region. Therefore, the detailed anatomical knowledge is very important for clinicians to increase success rate in the regional surgeryhttp://www.ijars.net/article_fulltext.asp?issn=0973-709x&year=2018&month=April&volume=7&issue=2&page=AO33-AO37&id=2391internal carotid arterylesser wing of sphenoidmiddle cranial cavity |
| spellingShingle | Binita J Purohit Praveen R Singh Incidence, Anatomy and Clinical Significance of Carotico-clinoid Foramen and Interclinoid Osseous Bridge in Human Skulls in Gujarat Region International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery internal carotid artery lesser wing of sphenoid middle cranial cavity |
| title | Incidence, Anatomy and Clinical Significance of Carotico-clinoid Foramen and Interclinoid Osseous Bridge in Human Skulls in Gujarat Region |
| title_full | Incidence, Anatomy and Clinical Significance of Carotico-clinoid Foramen and Interclinoid Osseous Bridge in Human Skulls in Gujarat Region |
| title_fullStr | Incidence, Anatomy and Clinical Significance of Carotico-clinoid Foramen and Interclinoid Osseous Bridge in Human Skulls in Gujarat Region |
| title_full_unstemmed | Incidence, Anatomy and Clinical Significance of Carotico-clinoid Foramen and Interclinoid Osseous Bridge in Human Skulls in Gujarat Region |
| title_short | Incidence, Anatomy and Clinical Significance of Carotico-clinoid Foramen and Interclinoid Osseous Bridge in Human Skulls in Gujarat Region |
| title_sort | incidence anatomy and clinical significance of carotico clinoid foramen and interclinoid osseous bridge in human skulls in gujarat region |
| topic | internal carotid artery lesser wing of sphenoid middle cranial cavity |
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