• World Neurosurg · Dec 2022

    Review

    Skull Base Neurosurgery Eponyms: Review of Notable Anatomical Landmarks.

    • Andrew F Alalade, Emmanuel Mensah, Cezar Octavian Morosanu, Abhijit Kumar, Nihal T Gurusinghe, and Gareth A Roberts.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Preston Hospital, Preston, United Kingdom. Electronic address: andrew.alalade@nhs.net.
    • World Neurosurg. 2022 Dec 1; 168: 264226-42.

    AbstractEponyms highlight the contributions made to medicine over the years, and celebrate individuals for their work involving diseases, pathologies, and anatomical landmarks. We have compiled an in-depth report of eponyms used in skull base neurosurgery, as well as the historical contexts of the personalities behind the names. A literature search identified 36 eponyms of the bones, foramina and ligaments of the skull base named after anatomists and physician-scientists. The 36 eponymous structures pinpointed include Arnold's canal, the foramen of Arnold, Bill's bar, Bertin's bones, Civinini's canal, Civinini's ligament, Civinini's process, sinodural angle of Citelli, Clivus of Blumenbach, Dorello's canal, the Eustachian tube, the eponymous cavernous sinus triangles of Parkinson, Kawase, Mullan, Dolenc, Glasscock and Hakuba, the Fallopian canal, the Glasserian fissure, Gruber's ligament, Haller cells, the spine of Henle, Highmore's antrum, the foramen of Huschke, Hyrtl's fissure, the Ingrassia process, Jacobson's canal, the MacEwen triangle, Meckel's cave, the Onodi air cell, the Pacchionian foramen, Fossa of Rosenmuller, the foramen of Vesalius, the Vidian canal, Trautman's triangle and the annular tendon of Zinn. Knowledge of the relevant eponyms enables succinct descriptions of important skull base structures, provides an understanding of associated clinical implications, and reminds us of the vast history of contributions to neurosurgery made by prominent figures in the field.Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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