Intracranial Venous System Overview

Basal veins of Rosenthal

Internal cerebral veins

Internal cerebral veins

Thalamostriate vein Anterior caudate vein

Septal vein

Cortical vein Cortical vein

(Top) The paired internal cerebral veins as they terminate in the vein of Galen are shown. Note the basal veins of Rosenthal terminating

with the internal cerebral veins to form the great cerebral vein (of Galen). (Middle) Section through the foramen of Monro shows the

septal, anterior caudate vein and thalamostriate tributaries of the internal cerebral veins. (Bottom) Most cephalad sections show

prominent frontal superficial cortical veins, tributaries of the superior sagittal sinus.

AXIAL T1 C+ MR

Trauma, and Stroke

Brain: Pathology-Based Diagnoses: Malformations,

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