Affiliations: Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA | Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA | Department of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA | Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Note: [] Corresponding author: Robin Gehris, Pediatric Dermatology Surgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pine Center, Suite 108, 11279 Perry Highway, 15090, Wexford, PA, USA. Tel.: +1 724 933 9190; Fax: +1 724 933 9194; E-mail: [email protected].
Abstract: A healthy 6-week-old white male presented with an intermittently enlarging reddish-blue plaque on the midline forehead and frontal scalp. Neuroimaging revealed an abnormal vascular communication between the extracranial and intracranial venous systems. This rare condition is termed sinus pericranii. The authors provide a review of sinus pericranii and describe its imaging findings, embryologic derivation, differential diagnosis, and clinical management.