Territory of the petrosal veins
Area venarum petrosae
Definition
The petrosal veins (that end into the inferior petrosal sinus and then in the sigmoid sinus) drain the anterior part of the cerebellum and the medulla oblongata.
References
Text by Antoine Micheau, MD - Copyright IMAIOS
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
