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HENRY L. WILLIAMS, JR., M.D.

Arch Otolaryngol. 1930;12(3):339-341.

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In February, 1930, Laff¹ reported a case of unilateral absence of the sigmoid sinus found during dissection. His report included a review of the literature and of the embryologic development of the venous blood channels inside the cranial cavity. He had not found mention of a case in which absence of the sigmoid sinus had been noted at operation. The condition is rarely found in the dissecting room. The case reported herewith was observed at an operation at the Mayo Clinic.

REPORT OF A CASE

A man, aged 31, came to the clinic complaining of earache. He gave a history of having had severe infection of the upper respiratory tract four weeks before coming to the clinic, and during the last week of the infection, the right ear had begun to pain him severely. The day before admission, an attempt at myringotomy had been made, but nothing had . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
ROCHESTER, MINN.

From the Section on Otolaryngology and Rhinology, the Mayo Clinic.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, April 16, 1930.

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