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Angiographic assessment of variants of basal vein of Rosenthal in idiopathic subarachnoid hemorrhage

Ayse Karatas1, Volkan Cakir2, Ertan Sevin1, Omur Balli2, Hamit Feran1
DOI: 10.1016/j.pjnns.2015.05.001
Neurol Neurochir Pol 2015;49(4):207-211.

Abstract

Previous studies have reported the possible contribution of a primitive variant of the basal vein of Rosenthal (BVR) in the cause of idiopathic subarachnoid hemorrhage (ISAH). The purpose of this study was to assess the drainage patterns of the BVR among ISAH patients. The venous phase at cerebral angiography was retrospectively analyzed in 19 patients with ISAH and then compared with patients with unruptured aneurysms as controls. A relationship was found between ISAH and the presence of a primitive variant. However, the venous configuration effect on bleeding is still unknown.

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