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Coronal Anatomy on MRI

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This is a coronal,

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post gadolinium fat-suppressed image of the orbit.

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In this case,

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we are relatively far anteriorly and therefore,

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we can see the lacrimal gland on both sides.

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And we are seeing the globe.

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You notice the paranasal sinuses and the enhancement

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of the mucosa of the ethmoid sinuses.

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If we scroll more posteriorly, we come to the muscle cone.

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Here we are seeing the lateral rectus muscle,

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inferior rectus muscle and medial rectus muscle

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as well as the superior rectus muscle.

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The superior oblique is seen in the superior medial corner.

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Within the muscle cone,

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we have the intraconal space

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and we have, outside the muscle cone,

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the extraconal space.

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In this situation,

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the optic nerve on the left side is not well seen.

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And again, you notice the enhancing optic nerve of

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optic neuritis on the right side

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in this same case of optic neuritis.

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Continuing further posteriorly,

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we observe the optic nerves going through the optic

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canal, and eventually coming to the optic chiasm,

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which is just beyond the infundibular stalk

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and the pituitary gland. The inferior oblique muscle

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is what is seen underneath the globe and further

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lateral to the inferior rectus muscle.

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And this is one of the smallest of the muscles

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and is not well visualized typically.

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Faculty

David M Yousem, MD, MBA

Professor of Radiology, Vice Chairman and Associate Dean

Johns Hopkins University

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Orbit

Non-infectious Inflammatory

Neuroradiology

Neuro

MRI

Head and Neck

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