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FORAMEN RETZIUS [1 record]

Record 1 2011-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

One of the two lateral openings of the fourth ventricle into the subarachnoid space at the cerebellopontine angle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Orifice pair et symétrique du quatrième ventricule; il permet la communication entre le quatrième ventricule et l'espace subarachnoïdien.

CONT

L'absence d'ouverture de la toile choroïdienne du 4ème ventricule modifie la circulation du liquide céphalo-rachidien (même si l'ouverture plus tardive des trous de Luschka se produit, habituellement) et produit une hydrocéphalie anténatale.

OBS

Ancienne nomenclature : trou de Luschka; trou de Retzius; foramen de Merjewski.

OBS

Référence de l'exemple : Les malformations du système nerveux central.C. Raybaud. Hôpital Nord - Marseille.

Spanish

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