ftheclivus,hasashortcourseupward,ratessympatheticplexus(Fig.3G)aroundtheintracavernousca-thecavernoussinusbypassingthroughDorello’scanal,lo-rotidsendsbranchestotheabducensnerve;fromtheabdu-catedbelowthepetrosphenoidligament(Gruber’sligament).censnerve,thesesympatheticfibersreachtheophthalmicItpasseslateraltotheposteriorverticalsegmentoftheintra-divisionenroutetothelongciliarynervesthatinnervatethecavernouscarotidarteryandcoursesinsidethelateralvenouspupillodilatorfibersoftheiris.spaceofthecavernoussinuslateralandinferiortothehori-ervetoreachthesuperiororbitalfissure.IncasesThecavernoussinuscontainstheintracavernoussegmentofinwhichtheintracavernouscarotidistortuous,theabducenstheinternalcarotidarteryanditsbranches.Theintracavern-NEUROSURGERYVOLUME56|OPERATIVENEUROSURGERY1|JANUARY2005|ONS-13