Infundibular recess

Last revised by Craig Hacking on 27 Jul 2022

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Citation:

Hacking C, Knipe H, Infundibular recess. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 11 Dec 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-37217

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-37217

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/37217

rID:

37217

Article created:

29 May 2015, Craig Hacking ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Craig Hacking had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

27 Jul 2022, Craig Hacking ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Craig Hacking had the following disclosures:

Philips Australia, Paid speaker at Philips Spectral CT events (ongoing)

These were assessed during peer review and were determined to not be relevant to the changes that were made.

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Revisions:

3 times, by 2 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Central Nervous System

Sections:

Tags:

recesses, stub, refs, neuroanatomy

The infundibular recess is a small angular recess or diverticulum that sits at the floor third ventricle, immediately above the pituitary stalk, extending inferiorly into the stalk. It is immediately posterior to the supra-optic recess.

Related pathology

When the third ventricle is expanded due to hydrocephalus (e.g. aqueduct stenosis) this recess, along with the supra-optic recess and pineal recess, 'balloons out'.

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Cases and figures

Figure 1: IVH outlining the recesses of the 3rd ventricleFigure 1: IVH outlining the recesses of the 3rd ventricle

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