Carotid-anterior cerebral artery (ACA) anastomosis associated with azygos ACA and ophthalmic artery arising from the middle meningeal artery: a case report

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 42 - Trang 211-214 - 2019
Koichiro Matsuura1, Akira Uchino1, Naoko Saito1, Joji Ishida2, Tomonari Suzuki2
1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Hidaka, Japan
2Department of Neuro-Oncology/Neurosurgery, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Hidaka, Japan

Tóm tắt

Among variations of the anterior cerebral artery (ACA), anastomosis of its A1–A2 junction with the ophthalmic segment of the internal carotid artery is rare and described as carotid-ACA anastomosis or infraoptic course of the ACA. One common variant, an azygos ACA, demonstrates no pairing of the A2 segment. To our knowledge, association of a carotid-ACA anastomosis with an azygos ACA is not reported in the English-language literature. We report a case diagnosed by magnetic resonance angiography in which right carotid-ACA anastomosis was associated with an azygos ACA and the right ophthalmic artery originated from the middle meningeal artery.

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