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The sylvian fissure: a commonly mislabeled cranial landmark.
Author(s) -
Jeanty P,
Chervenak F A,
Romero R,
Michiels M,
Hobbins J C
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.1984.3.1.15
Subject(s) - medicine , fissure , anatomy , insula , landmark , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , materials science , computer science , composite material , biology
The bright echo in which the middle cerebral artery pulsates has been termed by many authors the "sylvian fissure." The authors present anatomic, embryologic, and sonographic evidence that this terminology is inappropriate, and that the correct term should be "insula."