The legend of Medusa with snake hair in Didymaion, in Didyma, Turkey.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Turgut, Ali Çağlar; Turgut, Yaşar Barış; Turgut, Mehmet
- Source
- Child's Nervous System. Dec2018, Vol. 34 Issue 12, p2341-2344. 4p.
- Subject
- *HUMAN abnormalities
*VEINS
*BLOOD vessels
*ANGIOGRAPHY
DIDYMA (Extinct city)
- Language
- ISSN
- 0256-7040
The article focuses on developmental venous anomalies (DVAs), also known as venous angiomas or angiographic appearance of a cluster of veins which resembles snakes on the head of the mythological character named Gorgon Medusa in Didyma, Turkey. It discusses the controversy surrounding the natural history and significance of these unusual vein formations.