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. 2025 Feb;32(1):181-187.
doi: 10.21315/mjms-01-2025-077. Epub 2025 Feb 28.

Delineating Neuroanatomical Structures for the Measurement of Temporal Horn Dilatation

Devalagan Muthalagan  1 , Kia Hooi Tan  1 , Nur Asma Sapiai  2   3 , Zul Izhar Mohd Ismail  4 , Siti Fatimah Mukhtar  4   3 , Wei Siong Ng  1   5 , Siew Chung Mah  1   5
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Delineating Neuroanatomical Structures for the Measurement of Temporal Horn Dilatation

Devalagan Muthalagan et al. Malays J Med Sci. 2025 Feb.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
The measurement taken for transverse width of temporal horn Note: Adapted from Frisoni et al. (3); Parallel lines are drawn tangentially to the tip of the temporal horn where the width is maximum (arrows), at the level whereby the right and left temporal horns can be appreciated in their full length
Figure 2
Figure 2
Head of hippocampus, uncal apex, temporal (inferior) horn of the lateral ventricle, amygdala, body of hippocampus, cornu Ammonis and collateral eminence (ce) Note: Adapted from Duvernoy et al. (Figure 7.26, pp. 212) (4); 1, 2 = head of hippocampus; 3 = uncal apex; 4 = temporal (inferior) horn of the lateral ventricle; 5 = amygdala; black star = body of hippocampus; red arrow = cornu Ammonis; yellow star = collateral eminence (ce)
Figure 3
Figure 3
The collateral eminence, 4 bordering the lateral aspect of the hippocampus at the level of the upper mesencephalon, which constitutes the floor of the temporal horn. Note: Adapted from Duvernoy et al. (Figure 4.20, pp 63) (4)
Figure 4
Figure 4
Ten contiguous 2-mm-thick CT axial slices
Figure 5
Figure 5
The second method, whereby (B) shows an axial slice for which ventricular measurements for temporal horns of the lateral ventricles are undertaken; which is typically best seen at the level of the petrous apex Note: Adapted from Greenberg (Figure 24.4, pp. 432) (5)
Figure 6
Figure 6
Head of hippocampus, uncal apex, temporal (inferior) horn of the lateral ventricle, amygdala, body of hippocampus and amygdalohippocampal transition area (AHi) Note: Adapted from Duvernoy et al. (Figure 7.26, pp. 212) (4); 1, 2 = head of hippocampus; 3 = uncal apex; 4 = temporal (inferior) horn of the lateral ventricle; 5 = amygdala; black star = body of hippocampus; yellow arrow = amygdalohippocampal transition area (AHi)
Figure 7
Figure 7
The anterior extent of the temporal horn can be depicted by the amygdalohippocampal transition area (AHi) (blue arrow), which delineates the amygdala (A) from the hippocampus, labelled as CA (cornu Ammonis) Note: Adapted from Schaltenbrand and Wahren (6)
Figure 8
Figure 8
CT images of the similar 3 years old child with grade 4 medulloblastoma as in the case in Figure 4
Figure 9
Figure 9
MRI Brain of the similar 3 years old child with grade 4 medulloblastoma as in the case in Figure 4
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