AnatomyPub Date : 2024-07-12DOI: 10.2399/ana.24.1499047
Pelin Samaraz Olgun, Aybegüm Balcı, H. Açar
{"title":"Importance of an unclear fascial layer, stylopharyngeal fascia: an anatomical study","authors":"Pelin Samaraz Olgun, Aybegüm Balcı, H. Açar","doi":"10.2399/ana.24.1499047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2399/ana.24.1499047","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: The stylopharyngeal fascia is an important anatomical structure; however, its exact location and relationship with other neighboring structures have not been clearly demonstrated. Therefore, our aim was to reveal the stylopharyngeal fascia to demonstrate its course and neurovascular relationship in the parapharyngeal space. Methods: Ten fresh frozen cadaveric necks were dissected through a transparotideal and transcervical approach extending to the parapharyngeal region. All the neurovascular structures and muscles were preserved to demonstrate the stylopharyngeal fascia. Results: The stylopharyngeal fascia was mostly found on the lateral aspect of the internal carotid artery and could be found by advancing into the plane between the posterior belly of the digastric and stylohyoid muscles at the parapharyngeal space borders. The stylopharyngeal fascia covered not only the parapharyngeal segment of the internal carotid artery but also the cranial nerves X–XII at the parapharyngeal space. The cranial nerve IX coursed laterally to this fascial structure, posterior to the stylopharyngeus muscle in the parapharyngeal space. Conclusion: Although the stylopharyngeal fascia was previously shown to be related to other neurovascular structures, its anatomical course and histology remain unclear. Moreover, the stylopharyngeal fascia was defined using different nomenclatures in different studies. In this study, the stylopharyngeal fascia was shown to be an important anatomical landmark for dissection at the border of the parapharyngeal space. Further studies investigating its histological structure and defining its proper nomenclature are required. Therefore, we propose the term “parapharyngeal fascia”.","PeriodicalId":91999,"journal":{"name":"Anatomy","volume":"72 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141653237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnatomyPub Date : 2024-05-14DOI: 10.2399/ana.24.001s
{"title":"Abstracts of the 11th Anatomy Winter Days 7–9 March 2024, Aydın, Türkiye","authors":"","doi":"10.2399/ana.24.001s","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2399/ana.24.001s","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91999,"journal":{"name":"Anatomy","volume":"33 24","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140980385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnatomyPub Date : 2024-05-14DOI: 10.2399/ana.24.s1iv
Ilgaz Akdoğan
{"title":"Welcome Address of the Congress President","authors":"Ilgaz Akdoğan","doi":"10.2399/ana.24.s1iv","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2399/ana.24.s1iv","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91999,"journal":{"name":"Anatomy","volume":"26 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140980476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnatomyPub Date : 2022-10-31DOI: 10.2399/ana.22.s3iv
Ö. Akman, Güldal Süyen
{"title":"Welcome Address of the Congress Presidents. 20th Turkish Neuroscience Congress 19–23 October 2022, Istanbul, Türkiye","authors":"Ö. Akman, Güldal Süyen","doi":"10.2399/ana.22.s3iv","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2399/ana.22.s3iv","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91999,"journal":{"name":"Anatomy","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89188292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnatomyPub Date : 2022-10-31DOI: 10.2399/ana.22.003s
{"title":"Abstracts of the 20th Turkish Neuroscience Congress 19–23 October 2022, Istanbul, Türkiye","authors":"","doi":"10.2399/ana.22.003s","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2399/ana.22.003s","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91999,"journal":{"name":"Anatomy","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81472280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnatomyPub Date : 2022-08-31DOI: 10.2399/ana.22.002s
{"title":"Abstracts of the 20th Congress of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists","authors":"","doi":"10.2399/ana.22.002s","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2399/ana.22.002s","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91999,"journal":{"name":"Anatomy","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80488678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnatomyPub Date : 2022-08-31DOI: 10.2399/ana.22.s2iv
E. Şendemir
{"title":"Welcome Address of the Congress President","authors":"E. Şendemir","doi":"10.2399/ana.22.s2iv","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2399/ana.22.s2iv","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91999,"journal":{"name":"Anatomy","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75392099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnatomyPub Date : 2022-08-30DOI: 10.2399/ana.22.1177041
V. Kipkorir, Dennis Ochieng, Fiona Nyaanga, I. Cheruiyot, Wanjiku Ndung’u, Musa Misiani, J. Munguti, B. Olabu
{"title":"A large unilateral persistent sciatic vein: a case report","authors":"V. Kipkorir, Dennis Ochieng, Fiona Nyaanga, I. Cheruiyot, Wanjiku Ndung’u, Musa Misiani, J. Munguti, B. Olabu","doi":"10.2399/ana.22.1177041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2399/ana.22.1177041","url":null,"abstract":"Persistent sciatic vein is considered a relatively rare anatomical finding, commonly associated with the Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome. We report a case of a large unilateral persistent sciatic vein in the right lower limb of an adult male cadaver, identified during routine dissection. The size of the vein was comparable to the sciatic nerve and it was originated from the union of posterior tibial veins at the distal end of the popliteal fossa. It was ascending in the posterior part of the thigh, medial to the sciatic nerve, before coursing through the infrapiriform foramen of the greater sciatic foramen and terminating by draining into the internal iliac vein. Further dissection revealed conventional anatomy of the femoral venous system. The epidemiology, anatomy, diagnosis and management a persistent sciatic vein are also discussed.","PeriodicalId":91999,"journal":{"name":"Anatomy","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85944712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnatomyPub Date : 2022-04-20DOI: 10.2399/ana.22.1142650
Bilge İpek Torun
{"title":"The course of the sciatic nerve in the gluteal region and comparison of two methods used for sciatic nerve blockage","authors":"Bilge İpek Torun","doi":"10.2399/ana.22.1142650","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2399/ana.22.1142650","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: The aim of this study was to reevaluate the anatomy of the sciatic nerve (SN) in the gluteal region by identifying reliable landmarks in order to suggest a safe insertion point for SN blockage (SNB), and to compare two methods used for SNB. Methods: Bilateral dissections of the SN were performed on ten embalmed cadavers. The course of the SN in relation to a line drawn between the posterior superior iliac spine (PSIS) and the ischial tuberosity (IT) was determined. The files of 100 patients, 50 of whom had SNB with the Labat’s method (group L) and 50 with the parasacral approach (group P), were reviewed retrospectively. The results of the two methods were compared. Results: The vertical distance between the PSIS to the IT was 13.1±6.5cm. The vertical distance between the intersection points of the inferior border of the piriformis with the medial and lateral margins of the SN were 7.8±0.7 and 9.1±0.6 cm, respectively. Medial and lateral margins of the SN were found to be 1.8±0.5 and 2.9±0.6 cm lateral to the IT. Insertion depth of the needle and time for the intervention were similar for both of the methods, but need for additional nerve blockages were significantly higher in group L than in group P. Conclusion: We defined a safe insertion point for SNB in the gluteal region, using prominent, fixed bony and easily detectable landmarks. The clinical results of both groups were similar, but need for additional nerve blockages were significantly higher in group L.","PeriodicalId":91999,"journal":{"name":"Anatomy","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85136594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
AnatomyPub Date : 2022-04-20DOI: 10.2399/ana.22.1183890
Ahmet Hikmet Çilengir, M. Balaban
{"title":"The analysis of morphological features and ultrasonographic characteristics of Dupuytren’s disease","authors":"Ahmet Hikmet Çilengir, M. Balaban","doi":"10.2399/ana.22.1183890","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2399/ana.22.1183890","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: To detect B-Mode ultrasonography, color Doppler ultrasonography, and sonoelastography findings of the Dupuytren’s disease, and to determine the differences of sonographic imaging, demographic and clinical data. Methods: A total of 88 patients with unilateral lesion were included. Each lesion was evaluated with B-Mode ultrasonography, color Doppler ultrasonography, and sonoelastography. The location, size, morphology, and echogenicity of the lesions were analyzed by B-mode ultrasonography, the presence of vascularization by color Doppler ultrasonography, and the elasticity by sonoelastography, retrospectively. The differences between sonographic findings, demographic and clinical data were evaluated. Results: Of the patients, 36.4% were women and 63.6% were men, with a median age of 61 (interquartile range: 9). The majority of the lesions (87.5%) were at the level of the 3rd and 4th finger/metacarpal. Median longitudinal dimension was 6.75mm (interquartile range: 4.32), mediolateral dimension was 2.5 mm (interquartile range: 1.77). Of the lesions, 67.1% were nodular shaped, 73.9% were hypoechoic, and 87.5% were hypovascular. All lesions were hard coded on sonoelastography. The cord morphology, extension to the tendon, and contracture tend to be together, and lesions with these were mostly iso-hyperechoic. Conclusion: Dupuytren’s disease lesions were mostly nodular, hypoechoic, hypovascular, and stiff. Ultrasonographic examination was sufficient and successful in the diagnosis of Dupuytren’s disease.","PeriodicalId":91999,"journal":{"name":"Anatomy","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87742342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}