Summary
The trans-cerebral v. have long been described, but there is little or no knowledge of their function and dysfunction. They are the site of fundamental interchange across the blood-brain barrier, a unique process within the organism. Two systems can be structurally distinguished: the venous system draining the white matter and the trans-cerebral anastomotic system. The former seems to be associated with the nutrition and drainage of the parenchyma, and is rendered visible at angiography by anatomic variations based on developmental venous anomalies. The anastamotic trans-cerebral ventriculo-cortical system seems concerned with the regulation of reabsorption of the cerebrospinal fluid. It is visualized only in exceptional situations where an increased flow (arteriovenous shunt) is combined with obstruction of the normal routes of venous drainage and collateral circulation. It usually functions in the ventriculo-cortical direction. No specific dysfunction of this system is currently recognized.
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Les v. trans-cérébrales sont décrites depuis longtemps, mais leur fonctionnement et leur dysfonctionnement sont peu ou pas connus. Elles sont le siège d'échanges fondamentaux sur un mode unique dans l'organisme: la barrière hémato-encéphalique. Architecturalement on distingue 2 systèmes: le système veineux drainant la substance blanche et le système anastomotique trans-cérébral. Le premier semble lié à des fonctions de nutrition et de drainage du parenchyme; les anomalies veineuses de développement constituent des variations anatomiques qui le rendent angiographiquement visible. Le système anastomotique trans-cérébral ventriculo-cortical semble prédisposé à la régulation de la résorption du liquide céphalo-rachidien; il n'est visible que dans des situations exceptionnelles associant une augmentation de débit (shunt artério-veineux) à des obstacles veineux des voies habituelles de drainage et de circulation collatérale. Il est mis à contribution, le plus souvent dans le sens ventriculo-cortical. Aucun dysfonctionnement spécifique de ce système n'est actuellement connu.
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Jimenez, J.L., Lasjaunias, P., Terbrugge, K. et al. The trans-cerebral veins: normal and non-pathologic angiographic aspects. Surg Radiol Anat 11, 63–72 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02102249
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