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This study examined the anatomy of MMA bony canals in dry skulls and compared findings in patients with MMD and atherosclerotic cerebrovascular disease (ACVD).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 175 adult and pediatric dry skulls and cranial CT scans of MMD (n = 100) and ACVD (n = 100) patients were analyzed retrospectively. The relationship of bony canals to the convergence of the coronal, sphenofrontal, and sphenoparietal sutures, serving as an anatomical landmark, was assessed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Bony canals containing the frontal MMA branch were present in 91.2% of adult skulls (\u2265 18 years). Before fontanelle closure (&lt; 2 years), the incidence was 1.8%, increasing to 47.7% in skulls \u2265 2 years (p &lt; 0.0001). The mean canal length was 12.0 \u00b1 5.9 mm in adult skulls, 10.1 \u00b1 4.5 mm in skulls \u2265 2 years, and 7.5 \u00b1 3.5 mm in skulls &lt; 2 years (p = 0.212). In adult skulls, the mean distances of the canal entry and exit points posterior to the landmark were 11.6 \u00b1 4.8 mm and 13.8 \u00b1 6.4 mm, respectively. Parietal branch canals were rare (\u2264 12.9%) and typically located below the squamous suture. Clinically, MMD patients were younger than ACVD patients (41.6 \u00b1 12.2 vs 55.0 \u00b1 11.6 years, p &lt; 0.0001) and had a similar prevalence of frontal branch canals (80.0% vs 84.0%, p = 0.36). Bony canals were longer (15.9 \u00b1 9.7 mm vs 13.3 \u00b1 6.2 mm, p = 0.02) and wider (1.6 \u00b1 0.4 mm vs 1.3 \u00b1 0.5 mm, p &lt; 0.0001) in MMD patients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>After fontanelle closure, the likelihood of the MMA traversing a bony canal located within one thumb\u2019s width posterior to the pterion increases with age. 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