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HomeRadioGraphicsVol. 29, No. 5 PreviousNext IlluminationsFree AccessDanger Lies AheadKai-hung FungKai-hung FungAuthor AffiliationsHong Kong, ChinaKai-hung FungPublished Online:Sep 1 2009https://doi.org/10.1148/radiographics.29.5.10.1148_027153330290051332MoreSectionsPDF ToolsImage ViewerAdd to favoritesCiteTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail With rainbow rendering of computed tomographic data, exploration inside the cranium is simultaneously bedazzling and ominous. In a view toward the vertex, the superior sagittal sinus appears as a large, gentle C-curve. But the center of the surreal “landscape” seems dominated by the venous varix and draining vein of a thalamic arteriovenous malformation, which throb in orange above a mass of luminous tentacles, representing the basilar artery and bilateral internal carotid arteries (lower left).Download as PowerPointOpen in Image Viewer Article HistoryPublished in print: Sept 2009 FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsRecommended Articles Radiologic Clues to Cerebral Venous ThrombosisRadioGraphics2019Volume: 39Issue: 6pp. 1611-1628Acute Headache in the Emergency SettingRadioGraphics2019Volume: 39Issue: 6pp. 1739-1759Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformation: Cinematic Rendering with Digital Subtraction AngiographyRadiology2019Volume: 294Issue: 3pp. 506Imaging of Neurologic Conditions in Pregnant PatientsRadioGraphics2016Volume: 36Issue: 7pp. 2102-2122Clinical-Radiologic Correlation of Extraocular Eye Movement Disorders: Seeing beneath the SurfaceRadioGraphics2016Volume: 36Issue: 7pp. 2123-2139See More RSNA Education Exhibits Keep an Eye Peeled: Imaging Findings in Vascular Causes of Visual DisturbanceDigital Posters2020Stroke in Pediatric Age Group: How MRI Can Help?Digital Posters2018Cervical and Intracranial Neurovascular Devices: What the Neuroradiologist Needs to KnowDigital Posters2020 RSNA Case Collection Cavernous internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysmRSNA Case Collection2021Carotid paragangliomaRSNA Case Collection2020Superior sagittal sinus thrombosisRSNA Case Collection2022 Vol. 29, No. 5 Metrics Downloaded 827 times Altmetric Score
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