Suprasellar cistern

Last revised by Craig Hacking on 3 Aug 2022

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Citation:

St-Amant M, Hacking C, Worsley C, et al. Suprasellar cistern. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 02 Dec 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-18682

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-18682

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18682

Article created:

18 Jul 2012, Maxime St-Amant ◉

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At the time the article was created Maxime St-Amant had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

3 Aug 2022, Craig Hacking ◉ ◈

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

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

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Systems:

Central Nervous System

Sections:

Anatomy

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Synonyms:

Supra-sellar cistern
Pentagon of basal cisterns
chiasmatic cistern

The suprasellar cistern (also known as the chiasmatic cistern or pentagon of basal cisterns) is one of the cerebrospinal fluid-filled subarachnoid cisterns.

Gross anatomy

Location

The suprasellar cistern is located above the sella turcica, under the hypothalamus and between the uncus of the temporal lobes. It has roughly the shape of a pentagon at the level of the optic chiasma, and of a six-point star at the level of cerebral peduncles.

It contains the proximal part of the Sylvian fissure (sometimes separately termed the Sylvian cistern), the optic chiasm, the infundibular stalk and the cerebrovascular circle of Willis.