The lateral ventricles are paired C-shaped structures comprising a body and atrium along with 3 projections into the frontal, temporal, ...SkiptomaincontentReviewArticleREVIEWARTICLEOpenAccessTheLateralVentricles:ADetailedReviewofAnatomy,Development,andAnatomicVariationsC.L.Scelsi,T.A.Rahim,J.A.Morris,G.J.Kramer,B.C.GilbertandS.E.ForseenAmericanJournalofNeuroradiologyFebruary2020,DOI:https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6456C.L.ScelsiaFromtheDepartmentsofRadiology(C.L.S.,T.A.R.,J.A.M.,G.J.K.)FindthisauthoronGoogleScholarFindthisauthoronPubMedSearchforthisauthoronthissiteORCIDrecordforC.L.ScelsiT.A.RahimaFromtheDepartmentsofRadiology(C.L.S.,T.A.R.,J.A.M.,G.J.K.)FindthisauthoronGoogleScholarFindthisauthoronPubMedSearchforthisauthoronthissiteORCIDrecordforT.A.RahimJ.A.MorrisaFromtheDepartmentsofRadiology(C.L.S.,T.A.R.,J.A.M.,G.J.K.)FindthisauthoronGoogleScholarFindthisauthoronPubMedSearchforthisauthoronthissiteORCIDrecordforJ.A.MorrisG.J.KrameraFromtheDepartmentsofRadiology(C.L.S.,T.A.R.,J.A.M.,G.J.K.)FindthisauthoronGoogleScholarFindthisauthoronPubMedSearchforthisauthoronthissiteORCIDrecordforG.J.KramerB.C.GilbertbNeuroradiology(B.C.G.,S.E.F.),MedicalCollegeofGeorgia,Augusta,Georgia.FindthisauthoronGoogleScholarFindthisauthoronPubMedSearchforthisauthoronthissiteORCIDrecordforB.C.GilbertS.E.ForseenbNeuroradiology(B.C.G.,S.E.F.),MedicalCollegeofGeorgia,Augusta,Georgia.FindthisauthoronGoogleScholarFindthisauthoronPubMedSearchforthisauthoronthissiteORCIDrecordforS.E.ForseenArticleFigures&DataInfo&MetricsReferencesPDFSUMMARY:ThecerebralventricleshavebeenstudiedsincethefourthcenturyBCandwereoriginallythoughttoharborthesoulandhigherexecutivefunctions.Duringtheinfancyofneuroradiology,alterationstotheventricularshapeandpositiononpneumoencephalographyandventriculographyweresignsofmasseffectorvolumeloss.However,inthecurrenteraofhigh-resolutioncross-sectionalimaging,variationinventricularanatomyismoreeasilydetectableanditsclinicalsignificanceisstillbeinginvestigated.Interpretingradiolog