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| Superior thalamic vein, formerly also known as principal thalamic vein or centromedial thalamic vein | |
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| Details | |
| Drains from | centro-medial portion of the thalamus |
| Drains to | internal cerebral vein |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | vena superioris thalami, or vena principalis thalami, or vena centro-medialis thalami |
| Anatomical terminology | |
The superior thalamic vein (Latin: vena superioris thalami), initially called by Benno Shlesinger in 1976 the principal thalamic vein (vena principalis thalami) or centro-medial thalamic vein (vena centro-medialis thalami), also called by Russian surgeon Pirogoff internal thalamic vein (vena interioris thalami) is the most prominent vein of the thalamus.[1][2] It shows great interindividual anatomic variations.[1]
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