Territory of the superficial middle cerebral vein
Area venae mediae superficialis cerebri
Definition
The superficial middle vein (Sylvian superficial vein) drains the veins from the insular cortex and the parenchyma around sylvian fissure.
The superficial middle vein ends into the sphenoparietal sinus or sometimes directly into the cavernous sinus.
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
