The petrosquamous sinus is a fetal vein that generally disappears by birth[1] and, when present, runs backward along the junction of the squama and petrous portion of the temporal, and opens into the transverse sinus.

Petrosquamous sinus
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Latinsinus petrosquamosus
TA98A12.3.05.107
TA24851
FMA50777
Anatomical terminology

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  This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 658 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. ^ Marsot-Dupuch, K.; Gayet-Delacroix, M.; Elmaleh-Bergès, M.; Bonneville, F.; Lasjaunias, P. (June 2001). "The Petrosquamosal Sinus: CT and MR Findings of a Rare Emissary Vein". American Journal of Neuroradiology. 22 (6): 1186–1193. PMC 7974791. PMID 11415917.