Can the sigmoid notch sign be used on cranial computed tomography to differentiate between thrombosis and hypoplasia of the cerebral transverse venous sinus?

Fatma Yılmaz Can Mehlika Panpallı Ateş Aynur Turan

Published in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2023)

Symmetry or asymmetry of the sigmoid notch on CT is a reliable method that can be used to differentiate congenital atresia/hypoplasia from the TS thrombosis in patients with very thin or absent TS signal on the cranial MRV.

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