cerebral vein


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Noun1.cerebral vein - any of several veins serving the cerebral hemispheres of the brain
vena cerebri
anterior cerebral vein, vena cerebri anterior - accompanies the anterior cerebral artery and empties into the basal vein
great cerebral vein, vena cerebri magna - a cerebral vein formed by the two internal cerebral veins and continuing into the sinus rectus
inferior cerebral vein, venae cerebrum inferior - veins that drain the undersurface of the cerebral hemispheres and empty into the cavernous and transverse sinuses
internal cerebral vein, vena cerebrum internus - two paired veins passing caudally near the midline and uniting to form the great cerebral vein
middle cerebral vein, vena cerebri media - either of two cerebral veins
superior cerebral vein, vena cerebrum superior - a cerebral vein that drains the dorsal convexity of the cerebral hemisphere and empties into the cavernous sinus
vein, vena, venous blood vessel - a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood"
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The internal cerebral veins run posteriorly in the roof of third ventricle and join under the splenium of the corpus callosum to form the great cerebral vein.
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Cranial MR demonstrated thrombosis of the great cerebral vein, straight sinus, right transverse sinus, and sigmoid sinus together with infarction in the bilateral thalamus.
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The venous phase of cerebral angiography would show a filling defect in the thrombosed cerebral vein or sinus [6].
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The deep venous system includes the basal and internal cerebral veins, great cerebral vein (of Galen) and straight sinus, which drain the deep gray nuclei.
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The spectrum of presentations of venous infarction caused by deep cerebral vein thrombosis.
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The risk of clot propagation with surgery and ligation of the internal jugular vein has been shown to carry a risk of only 2.7% of cerebral vein or dural sinus thrombosis.
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A rare case of superior sagittal sinus thrombosis has been reported in association with Evans syndrome of hemolytic anemia, [7] but as far as we know the association of cerebral vein thrombosis with TTP is extremely rare.
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Because ICH was thought to be an arterial hemorrhagic brain injury, there is little attention to the role of cerebral vein or venule in ICH pathophysiology [1, 2].
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