Superior Petrosal Sinus

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Key Facts

Abbreviation
SPS
Pronunciation
/suːˈpɪəriə pəˈtrəʊsl ˈsaɪnəs/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. There was no significant difference in the display rate of the above veins between conventional and subtraction CTA except the inferior, superior petrosal sinus and the cavernous sinus.
  2. The venous outflow of tumors were mainly drained into superior petrosal sinus by great anterior cerebellar vein and petrosal vein;
  3. Results ① The SPV locates in the subarachnoid space, with a free status, is converged mostly by two or three branch veins, drains into the medial-intermediate 2 / 3 segment of the superior petrosal sinus.

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