title: Angiographic assessment of variants of basal vein of Rosenthal in idiopathic subarachnoid hemorrhage.
abstract: Previous studies have reported the possible contribution of a primitive variant of the basal vein of Rosenthal (BVR) in the cause of idiopathic subarachnoid hemorrhage (ISAH). The purpose of this study was to assess the drainage patterns of the BVR among ISAH patients. The venous phase at cerebral angiography was retrospectively analyzed in 19 patients with ISAH and then compared with patients with unruptured aneurysms as controls. A relationship was found between ISAH and the presence of a primitive variant. However, the venous configuration effect on bleeding is still unknown.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey. Electronic address: akaratasmd@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ayse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karatas
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Volkan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cakir
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ertan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sevin
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Omur
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Balli
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hamit
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Feran
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D002550:Cerebral Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Basal vein; Idiopathic; Primitive variant; Rosenthal; Subarachnoid hemorrhage