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Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy
Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy 4/2010

01-04-2010 | Original Article

Incidence of osseous interclinoid bars in Indian population

Authors: Rani Archana, Rani Anita, Chopra Jyoti, Manik Punita, Diwan Rakesh

Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy | Issue 4/2010

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Abstract

Purpose

Parasellar interclinoid bars are significant in surgical management while dealing with the vascular, neoplastic or traumatic lesions of the central skull base and can also compress the surrounding structures giving rise to various clinical symptoms. The literature cites several case reports but systematic study of these bars has not been done. Therefore this study was carried out to see the incidence of osseous interclinoid bars in Indian population.

Method

Two hundred and fifty adult dried human skulls were studied.

Results

It was observed that the bony bars between the three clinoid processes can be divided into four types (Types I, II, III, IV). Due to the presence of these bars three types of interclinoid foramina were formed. A total incidence of 22% of various types of interclinoid bars was observed, out of which 12% were Type I, 5.6% Type II, 4% type III and only 0.4% were of type IV variety.
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Metadata
Title
Incidence of osseous interclinoid bars in Indian population
Authors
Rani Archana
Rani Anita
Chopra Jyoti
Manik Punita
Diwan Rakesh
Publication date
01-04-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy / Issue 4/2010
Print ISSN: 0930-1038
Electronic ISSN: 1279-8517
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-009-0582-z

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