Cisterns, sinuses and cerebral veins
1. Big picture
This topic is mainly anatomy with clinical meaning. In the exam, they do not want you to list every small vein; they want you to understand:
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where cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) circulates in the subarachnoid cisterns;
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how venous blood leaves the brain through cerebral veins and dural venous sinuses;
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why venous sinus disease causes headache, seizures, papilledema, focal neurological deficits, hemorrhagic venous infarction, and sometimes coma;
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which sinus lesion gives which classic clinical syndrome, especially superior sagittal sinus thrombosis, transverse/sigmoid sinus thrombosis, and cavernous sinus thrombosis.
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