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Am J Perinatol 1985; 02(02): 82-87
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-999920
Original Article

The Interhemispheric Fissure: A Commonly Mislabeled Cranial Landmark

Philippe Jeanty
1   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
,
Roberto Romero
1   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
,
Edmund Crelin
2   Section of Anatomy, Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
,
John C. Hobbins
1   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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Abstract

The bright midline echo observed in fetal cranial sonography has been termed by many authors the “falx cerebri.” Anatomic, embryologic, and sonographic evidence presented here suggests that this terminology is incorrect and that use of the term “interhemispheric fissure” is more appropriate.



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Publication Date:
04 March 2008 (online)

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