Internal cerebral vein
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Gaillard F, Hacking C, Knipe H, et al. Internal cerebral vein. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 02 Dec 2024) https://radiopaedia.org/articles/5153
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- Internal cerebral veins
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.
The drainage territory is highly variable and usually includes the thalami and periventricular white matter.
Related pathology
- deep cerebral vein thrombosis which may result in thalamic infarcts
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References
- 1. Krayenbühl H, Yaşargil MG, Huber P et-al. Cerebral angiography. Thieme Publishing Group. (1982) ISBN:3136125029. Read it at Google Books - Find it at Amazon
- 2. FRCS CSS. Last's Anatomy. Churchill Livingstone. (2006) ISBN:0443100330. Read it at Google Books - Find it at Amazon
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Articles:
- Thalamostriate veins
- Great cerebral vein
- Pineal gland
- Corpus callosum
- Velum interpositum
- Septal cerebral veins
- Deep cerebral vein thrombosis
- Basal ganglia and thalamus signal abnormalities
- Eastern equine encephalitis
- Basal vein of Rosenthal
- Cavum veli interpositi
- Deep cerebral veins
- Pineal cyst
- Temporal lobe
- Cerebral veins
- Pineal region mass
- Artery of Percheron territory infarct
- Bithalamic lesions
- Spetzler-Martin arteriovenous malformation grading system
- Colloid cyst of the third ventricle
Cases:
- Internal cerebral vein thrombosis
- Cerebral venous thrombosis
- Cerebral venous infarct
- Internal cerebral veins (Gray's illustration)
- Meningioma - pineal region
- Supratentorial ependymoma
- Vein of Trolard thrombosis with venous infarction (CT perfusion)
- Brain venous vascular territories (diagram)
- Japanese encephalitis
- Subependymal vascular malformation with intraventricular haemorrhage
- Bilateral internal cerebral vein thrombosis
- Internal cerebral vein (annotated DSA)
- Cerebral veins
- Straight sinus and internal cerebral vein thrombosis
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