PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sharon R. Segal
AU  - Henrietta Kotlus Rosenberg
TI  - Sonographic Appearance of the Torcular Herophili
DP  - 1985 Nov 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 919--922
VI  - 6
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/6/6/919.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/6/6/919.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.1985 Nov 01; 6
AB  - The sonograms of 12 infants aged 2 days to 7 months were evaluated to determine if the torcular Herophili could be demonstrated routinely on cranial sonography. Sonography, which was performed for a variety of indications (prematurity, seizures, hydrocephalus, sepsis, congenital anomalies, and subarachnoid hemorrhage) demonstrated the torcular Herophili in all cases. It appeared as a variable-sized, anechoic, and triangular or elongated structure inferior to the occipital lobes, posterior to the cerebellum, and just inside the cranial vault. Correlation with computed tomographic scans was available in four patients. A detailed description of the normal anatomy of the torcular Herophili is provided. Knowledge of the variable sonographic appearance of the torcular Herophili is important to distinguish it from a pathologic entity.