Developmental venous anomaly

Case contributed by Mohamed Saber
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Chronic headache, vertigo, and tinnitus.

Patient Data

Age: 40 years
Gender: Male
mri

Left frontotemporal large developmental venous anomaly seen draining into a large collector vein, large superficial cortical vein, and the superior sagittal sinus.

The course of the draining large superficial cortical vein is reasonable to be the vein of Trolard.

Case Discussion

Here is a case of a developmental venous anomaly, one of the congenital malformations of the cerebral venous system. In spite of commonly being an incidental finding, it was postulated to be the cause of this patient's complaint.

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