• Michiya Kubo, Naoya Kuwayama, Tarik F Massoud, and Lotfi Hacein-Bey.
• Department of Neurosurgery, Stroke Center, Saiseikai Toyama Hospital, 33-1 Kusunoki, Toyama 931-8533, Japan; Department of Neurosurgery, University of Toyama, 3190 Gofuku, Toyama 930-8555, Japan.
• Neuroimaging Clin. N. Am. 2022 Aug 1; 32 (3): 637-661.

AbstractThe cerebral venous system is complex and sophisticated and serves various major functions toward maintaining brain homeostasis. Cerebral veins contain about 70% of cerebral blood volume, have thin walls, are valveless, and cross seamlessly white matter, ependymal, cisternal, arachnoid, and dural boundaries to eventually drain cerebral blood either into dural sinuses or deep cerebral veins. Although numerous variations in the cerebral venous anatomic arrangement may be encountered, the overall configuration is relatively predictable and landmarks relatively well defined. A reasonable understanding of cerebral vascular embryology is helpful to appreciate normal anatomy and variations that have clinical relevance. Increasing interest in transvascular therapy, particularly transvenous endovascular intervention provides justification for practitioners in the neurosciences to acquire at least a basic understanding of the cerebral venous system.Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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