Meckel cave
Meckel cave, also known as trigeminal cave, trigeminal cavity, or Meckel cavity, is a cerebrospinal fluid-containing dural pouch in the middle cranial fossa and opening from the posterior cranial fossa that houses the trigeminal ganglion.
Gross anatomy
Relations
Meckel cave is situated at the posterolateral aspect of the cavernous sinus on either side of the sphenoid bone. Medial to the ganglion in Meckel cave is the internal carotid artery in the posterior portion of the cavernous sinus. Inferior is the motor root of the trigeminal nerve and the petrous apex of the petrous temporal bone with the internal carotid artery traversing the carotid canal.
History and etymology
It is named after the German anatomist Johann Friedrich Meckel (the elder), (1724-1774) who wrote his doctoral thesis on the trigeminal nerve (V) which was published in 1748, and contained the first description of the cavum Meckelii . Meckel's grandson, also called Johann Friedrich Meckel (1781-1833), and thus nicknamed "the younger", was the eponymous discoverer of Meckel diverticulum .
Related pathology
There are many lesions of Meckel cave:
- extrinsic lesions: destroy adjacent bone as they extend toward the Meckel cave
- intrinsic lesions: expand Meckel cave
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Assoziationen und Differentialdiagnosen zu Cavum trigeminale:
