Quadrigeminal cistern
Last revised by Kajanan Nithiyananthan
on 23 Feb 2025
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Jones J, Nithiyananthan K, Chieng R, et al. Quadrigeminal cistern. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 07 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-5862
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- Quadrigeminal cisterns
- Superior cistern
- Cistern of the great cerebral vein
The quadrigeminal cistern (also known as superior cistern or cistern of the great cerebral vein) is one of the CSF-filled subarachnoid cisterns.
Boundaries
The boundaries of the quadrigeminal cistern are as follows 2:
anterior: quadrigeminal plate of the midbrain (or colliculi)
posterior: the meeting point of tentorium cerebelli and falx cerebri
superior: splenium of the corpus callosum
inferior: vermis of cerebellum
The quadrigeminal cistern is continuous with the following cisterns 3:
retrothalamic cistern (around the pulvinar of the thalamus)
superior cerebellar cistern (above the vermis of the cerebellum)
The quadrigeminal cistern extends from the third ventricle to the great cerebral vein.
Contents
It contains several vessels and nerves:
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venous confluence at the junction of the
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References
- 1. Butler P, Mitchell A, Healy JC. Applied Radiological Anatomy. Cambridge University Press. (2012) ISBN:0521766664. Read it at Google Books - Find it at Amazon
- 2. Stephanie Ryan, Michelle McNicholas, Stephen J. Eustace. Anatomy for Diagnostic Imaging. (2011) ISBN: 9780702029714 - Google Books
- 3. Unsöld R, Ostertag C, DeGroot J, Newton T. Quadrigeminal Cistern. Computer Reformations of the Brain and Skull Base. 1982;:152-62. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-68596-5_7
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