Management of Intracranial Venous Pathologies — Potential Role of Venous Stenting

Abstract

The anatomy and physiology of the cerebral venous system has received much attention. Through trial and error, the rules for safely dealing with the local venous drainage in various surgical approaches are well established. Many pathologies affect the cerebral venous system including • Traumatic injury to the major dural sinuses • Carotico-cavernous fistulae • Dural arteriovenous fistulae • Developmental venous anomalies • Arterial venous malformations • Meningiomas involving the dural sinuses • Pineal and glomus tumors • Cerebral venous thrombosis • Pseudotumor cerebri syndrome (PTCS, benign intracranial hypertension (BIH), idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH)) • Giant arachnoid granulations.