Territory of the basal vein (of Rosenthal)

Area venae basalis (Rosenthal)

Definition

Antoine Micheau

The basal vein of Rosenthal drains the mesial temporal lobe, the parahippocampal gyrus, the uncus, and sometimes the posterior insular region.

References

Sadik J-C, Jianu DC, Sadik R, Purcell Y, Novaes N, Saragoussi E, Obadia M, Lecler A, Savatovsky J. Imaging of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis. Life. 2022; 12(8):1215. https://doi.org/10.3390/life12081215

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