PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kale, Aysin
AU  - Aksu, Funda
AU  - Ozturk, Adnan
AU  - Gurses, Ilke A.
AU  - Gayretli, Ozcan
AU  - Zeybek, Fatma G.
AU  - Bayraktar, Bulent
AU  - Ari, Zafer
AU  - Onder, Neslihan
TI  - Foramen of Vesalius
DP  - 2009 Jan 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 56--59
VI  - 30
IP  - 1
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/30/1/56.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/30/1/56.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2009 Jan 01; 30
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the frequency of unilateral or bilateral foramen of Vesalius FV, number of FV present on one side, and presence of a septum on FV.METHODS: We bilaterally examined, 347 sphenoid bones of collections of the Department of Anatomy, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul and Dokuz Eylul Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey in 2007.RESULTS: Of the 347 bilaterally examined skulls, 87 25.1% had bilateral FV, 191 55% specimens did not have any FV on both sides, and 69 specimens 19.9% had unilateral FV 33 skulls had FV on the right side, and the remaining 36 skulls had FV on the left. Of the 156 skulls which had FV, only 4 skulls 3 on the right, one on the left had double FV on the same side. We have not observed any specimens which had 3 or more FV on the same side. Of the 156 skulls which had FV, 11 skulls had a septum on FV, 3 skulls had a septum on FV on the right side, and 6 skulls had a septum on FV on the left side. Two skulls bilaterally had a septum on both sides.CONCLUSION: We believe that our data about FV will be enlightening not only for anatomists, but also for clinicians.