J Korean Radiol Soc.  1979 Jun;15(1):16-18. 10.3348/jkrs.1979.15.1.16.

Measurements of basal vein of Rosenthal in normal adult

• Sung KJ
• Choe KO
• Suh JH
• Park CY

• KMID: 2349345
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/jkrs.1979.15.1.16

Abstract

The basal vein of Rosenthal lies on the surface of the brain base, runs around the brain stem, drainsposteriorly into the galenic system and usually outlines important anatomical structures including anterior perforating substance, uncus, cerebral peduncle and quadrigeminal cistern, even though it may show anatomic variations. The radiologic, measurement of basal cerebral vein was performed in 48 normal adults. In lateral projection, the lowest point, roughly corresponding to the anterior border of cerebral peduncle, was related tothe baselines which pass through the nasion and lambda, and tuberculum sellae and lambda respectively. In AP projection the knee and the ankle were chosen for the measurement. 1. NR'/NL is approximately located at the mid point of the line which pass through nasion and lambda in figure 1. 2. TR'/TL is nearly located at one-third ofthe line which pass through tuberculum sella and lambda in figure 2. 3. R2M/NM is usually located within the range of 30% and R1 appears located at the medial aspect of R2 within the range of 5mm in figure 3.

MeSH Terms

Adult*
Ankle
Brain
Brain Stem
Cerebral Peduncle
Cerebral Veins*
Humans
Knee