PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Olaf Hoffmann
AU  - Randolf Klingebiel
AU  - Johann S. Braun
AU  - Juri Katchanov
AU  - José M. Valdueza
TI  - Diagnostic Pitfall: Atypical Cerebral Venous Drainage via the Vertebral Venous System
DP  - 2002 Mar 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 408--411
VI  - 23
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/23/3/408.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/23/3/408.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2002 Mar 01; 23
AB  - Summary: We report a case of atypical cerebral venous drainage in a 38-year-old woman with symptoms of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. Thrombosis of the left internal jugular vein and sigmoid sinus was suspected on the basis of spin-echo and time-of-flight MR findings, but multisection CT angiograms showed a patent sigmoid sinus and predominant drainage via the emissary veins toward the vertebral plexus, with only a minor contribution of the jugular veins. This case illustrates the variability of the venous anatomy in the craniocervical region.