On the medial wall of the posterior cornu of the lateral ventricle is a longitudinal eminence the calcar avis which is an involution of the ventricular wall produced by the calcarine fissure. For much of the 19th century this ridge was known as the hippocampus minor’It is sometimes visible on ultrasonogram. It can simulate a clot.
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