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Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus III: Nervous System: Brain

Cavum Vergae

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
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The cavum vergae is the posterior extension of the cavum septi pellucidi. It is also called the sixth ventricle, which is a misnomer because the cavum does not contain cerebrospinal fluid nor is it lined by ependyma.

The cavity was first described by the Italian anatomist, Andrea Verga, in 1851. It may exist as a separate cavity rather than communicating with the cavum septi pellucidi. The incidence of the cavum vergae was 2.3% in 1032 brains.

Verga's ventricle is present in 1-9% of human brains and was described by Verga in 1851 according to Lang (1983).

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References

Backman, E. (1924) Septum pellucidum and Verga's ventrikel. Upsala Läkarefören. Forhandl. N.F., 29:215.

Dandy, W.E. (1931) Congenital cerebral cysts of the cavum septi pellucidi (fifth ventricle) and cavum vergae (sixth ventricle). Arch. Neurol. Psychiatry 25:44-66.

Lang, J. (1983) Clinical Anatomy of the Head. Neurocranium, Orbit, Craniocervical Regions. Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, New York.

Mori, K. (1985) Anomalies of the central nervous system. Neuroradiology and Neurosurgery. Thieme-Stratton, Inc., New york.

Schwidde, J.T. (1952) Incidence of cavum septi pellucidi and cavum vergae in 1032 human brains. Arch. Neurol. Psychiatry 67:625-632.

Zellweger, H. and E.F. Van Epps. (1959) The cavum veli interpositi and its differentiation from cavum vergae. Am. J. Roentgenology 87:793-805.

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