Oblique pericardial sinus

Last revised by Henry Knipe ◉ ◈ on 10 Apr 2023

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Citation:

Hacking C, Knipe H, Murphy A, et al. Oblique pericardial sinus. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 02 Oct 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-54165

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-54165

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/54165

rID:

54165

Article created:

25 Jun 2017, Craig Hacking ◉ ◈

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Last revised:

10 Apr 2023, Henry Knipe ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Henry Knipe had the following disclosures:

Integral Diagnostics, Shareholder (ongoing)
Micro-X Ltd, Shareholder (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:

11 times, by 5 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Cardiac

Sections:

Anatomy

Tags:

ref link, cases, case3

The oblique pericardial sinus is a blind-ending pericardial cul-de-sac behind the heart which opens into the pericardial space proper inferiorly.

Gross anatomy

The oblique sinus forms the posterior pericardial recess ⁵.

Boundaries

right (in ascending order): inferior vena cava, right inferior pulmonary vein and right superior pulmonary vein
superior: it is separated from the transverse pericardial sinus above by a double reflection of serous pericardium that extends transversely between the left and right superior pulmonary veins
left (in ascending order): left inferior pulmonary vein and left superior pulmonary vein
anteriorly: heart, specifically the posterior wall of the left atrium
posteriorly: pericardium, esophagus