Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus III: Nervous System: Brain
Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed
In one study, the cavum veli interpositi was found in 13 of 1200 (1.1%) pneumoencephalograms, and in another study, in 53 of 158 (30) patients less than two years old.
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