Microanatomy of the hypophyseal fossa boundaries

Journal of Neurosurgery
C DestrieuxM Jan

Abstract

The authors studied the heads of 17 adult cadavers and one fetus to clarify the anatomy of the sellar region, particularly the lateral boundaries of the hypophyseal fossa. Vascular injections and microdissection or histological techniques were used in this study. The roof of the cavernous sinuses and diaphragma sellae were part of a single horizontal dural layer that joined the two anterior petroclinoid folds. Laterally, the direction of this layer changed; it became the lateral wall of the cavernous sinus and joined the dura mater of the middle cerebral fossa. On the midline, this layer ballooned toward the sella through the diaphragmatic foramina, created a dural bag containing the hypophysis, and attached to the inferior aspect of the diaphragma sellae. As a consequence, no straight sagittal dural wall existed between the pituitary gland and cavernous sinus; the lateral border of the hypophyseal fossa was part of this anteroposterior and superoinferior convex bag. The authors stress the importance of the venous elements of the region and discuss the structure of the cavernous and coronary sinuses. Invasion of the cavernous sinus makes surgery more risky and difficult and may necessitate modification of the surgical treatment...Continue Reading

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