Pericallosal cistern [Neurosurgery Wiki]

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====== Pericallosal cistern ======

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Located immediately adjacent to the full length of the [[corpus callosum]]; contains portions of [[pericallosal artery]]

Synonym(s): cisterna pericallosa [TA]

Rupture of [[pericallosal artery aneurysm]] in 12 patients gave rise to blood in the pericallosal cistern, anterior interhemispheric fissure and cistern of the lamina terminalis in 11
((Jackson A, Fitzgerald JB, Hartley RW, Leonard A, Yates J. CT appearances of
haematomas in the corpus callosum in patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage.
Neuroradiology. 1993;35(6):420-3. PubMed PMID: 8377911.)).


ANGIOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF THE PERICALLOSAL CISTERN
((HUANG YP, WOLF BS. ANGIOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF THE PERICALLOSAL CISTERN.
Radiology. 1964 Jan;82:14-23. PubMed PMID: 14101253.
)).