Internal cerebral vein
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The internal cerebral veins are paired, paramedian veins which course posteriorly along the roof of the third ventricle, between the two leaves of the velum interpositum.
Gross anatomy
Each is formed at the foramen of Monro by the confluence of the choroidal vein (draining the choroid plexus of the lateral ventricle), and the thalamostriate vein (which lies in the groove between the thalamus and caudate nucleus and receives blood from both). The veins of the septum pellucidum usually join the thalamostriate vein.
The internal cerebral veins unite with the basal veins (of Rosenthal) to form the great cerebral vein (of Galen) just beneath the splenium of the corpus callosum in the quadrigeminal cistern. The confluence of the great cerebral vein and inferior sagittal sinus forms the straight sinus.
Related pathology
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deep cerebral vein thrombosis
- may result in thalamic infarcts
-<p>The <strong>internal cerebral veins</strong> are paired, paramedian veins which course posteriorly along the roof of the <a href="/articles/third-ventricle">third ventricle</a>, between the two leaves of the <a href="/articles/velum-interpositum">velum interpositum</a>.</p><h4>Gross anatomy</h4><p>Each is formed at the foramen of Monro by the confluence of the choroidal vein (draining the choroid plexus of the lateral ventricle), and the thalamostriate vein (which lies in the groove between the thalamus and caudate nucleus and receives blood from both). The veins of the septum pellucidum usually join the thalamostriate vein.</p><p>The internal cerebral veins unite with the <a href="/articles/basal-vein-of-rosenthal-2">basal veins (of Rosenthal)</a> to form the <a href="/articles/vein-of-galen">great </a><a href="/articles/vein-of-galen">cerebral vein (of Galen)</a> just beneath the splenium of the corpus callosum in the quadrigeminal cistern. The confluence of the great cerebral vein and <a href="/articles/inferior-sagittal-sinus">inferior sagittal sinus</a> forms the <a href="/articles/straight-sinus">straight sinus</a>.</p><h4>Related pathology</h4><ul><li>deep vein thrombosis<ul><li>may result in thalamic infarcts</li></ul>- +<p>The <strong>internal cerebral veins</strong> are paired, paramedian veins which course posteriorly along the roof of the <a href="/articles/third-ventricle">third ventricle</a>, between the two leaves of the <a href="/articles/velum-interpositum">velum interpositum</a>.</p><h4>Gross anatomy</h4><p>Each is formed at the <a title="Foramen of Monro" href="/articles/interventricular-foramen-of-monro-1">foramen of Monro</a> by the confluence of the choroidal vein (draining the choroid plexus of the lateral ventricle), and the thalamostriate vein (which lies in the groove between the thalamus and caudate nucleus and receives blood from both). The veins of the septum pellucidum usually join the thalamostriate vein.</p><p>The internal cerebral veins unite with the <a href="/articles/basal-vein-of-rosenthal-2">basal veins (of Rosenthal)</a> to form the <a href="/articles/vein-of-galen">great </a><a href="/articles/vein-of-galen">cerebral vein (of Galen)</a> just beneath the splenium of the corpus callosum in the quadrigeminal cistern. The confluence of the great cerebral vein and <a href="/articles/inferior-sagittal-sinus">inferior sagittal sinus</a> forms the <a href="/articles/straight-sinus">straight sinus</a>.</p><h4>Related pathology</h4><ul><li>
- +<a title="Deep cerebral vein thrombosis" href="/articles/deep-cerebral-vein-thrombosis">deep cerebral vein thrombosis</a><ul><li>may result in <a title="thalamic infarct" href="/articles/thalamic-infarct">thalamic infarcts</a>
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