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Anatomy of the Insular Veins

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Abstract

Information on the insular veins is less extensive than information on the insular arteries in the recent literature. To add to this information, cadaver dissections and observations of the insular veins are presented, and these veins are systematized in light of the recent literature.

Venous drainage of the insula affects its functionality, and this drainage is associated with many diseases, such as arteriovenous malformations, varices and tumours of the insula. In insular drainage, the deep and superficial insular veins drain into the deep and superficial middle cerebral veins. We depict and discuss the capsulo-insular vein and deep veins of the insula and present the venous drainage regions of the insular gyri and sulci with clear review illustrations.

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Abbreviations

AAr:

Anterior arcuate branch of the central insular vein

AC:

Anterior cerebral vein

Ag:

Accessory gyrus

AI:

Anterior insular vein

ALg:

Anterior long gyrus

ALs:

Anterior limiting sulcus

Am:

Arachnoid membrane

An:

Anastomosis of arcuate veins

Ang:

Branch to angular gyrus

APo:

Anterior pole of the insula

APr:

Anterior parietal artery

aPx:

Pial arterial plexus

ASg:

Anterior short gyrus

ATm:

Anterior temporal branch

B:

Basal vein

Both:

Transitional or mixed vascular area

cdH:

Head of the caudate nucleus

CIV:

Capsulo-insular vein

Cla:

Claustrum

CN:

Caudate nucleus

Cn:

Central sulcal artery

CnI:

Central insular vein

Cns:

Central insular sulcus

Cs:

Confluence of insular veins

CT:

Common trunk of insular veins

D:

Dura mater

DMC:

Deep middle cerebral vein

EC:

External capsule

FSy:

Frontosylvian vein

GP:

Globus pallidus

IA:

Inferior anastomotic vein (Labbe)

IC:

Internal capsule

ILs:

Inferior limiting sulcus

IT:

Inferior trunk of middle cerebral artery

L:

Limen of the insula

LOF:

Lateral orbitofrontal artery

LSSV:

Lateral superior striate vein

LV:

Lateral ventricle

MCA:

Middle cerebral artery

MSg:

Middle short gyrus

MT:

Middle temporal vein

MTm:

Middle temporal branch

PAr:

Posterior arcuate branch of central insular vein

PI:

Posterior insular vein

PLg:

Posterior long gyrus

PlTm:

Polar temporal artery

PPo:

Posterior pole of the insula

PreCn:

Precentral sulcal artery

PreCnI:

Precentral insular vein

PreCns:

Precentral insular sulcus

PreF:

Prefrontal artery

PSg:

Posterior short gyrus

PstCns:

Postcentral insular sulcus

PTm:

Posterior temporal branch

Pt:

Putamen

SA:

Superior anastomotic vein (Trolard)

SLs:

Superior limiting sulcus

SMC:

Superficial middle cerebral vein

Spf:

Superficial rami of insular vein

Spf*:

Superficial rami of insular vein; e.g., the postcentral insular vein

ST:

Superior trunk of middle cerebral artery

SW-MRI:

Susceptibility-weighted phase-sensitive magnetic resonance imaging

T:

Study of Tanriover et al. 2004 [1]

TCV:

Transverse caudate tributaries

Th:

Thalamus

Th1:

Group (1) thalamic veins that flow superomedially

Th2:

Group (2) thalamic veins that flow superiorly

Th3:

Group (3) thalamic veins that flow inferiorly

TSy:

Temporosylvian vein

V:

Study of Varnavas and Grand 1999 [2]

VIC:

Vein of the internal capsule

VEC:

Vein of the external capsule

vPx:

Pial venous plexus

*:

Tip of the gyrus

1v:

One vein

2v:

Two veins

≥3v:

Three or more veins

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Celik, S., Bilge, O., Turgut, M., Yurttaş, C. (2018). Anatomy of the Insular Veins. In: Turgut, M., Yurttaş , C., Tubbs, R. (eds) Island of Reil (Insula) in the Human Brain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75468-0_5

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