The posterior inferior cerebellar artery arising from the extracranial segment of the internal carotid artery via the hypoglossal canal without an interposed segment of the basilar artery: A persistent primitive hypoglossal artery variant

Authors
Andoh, K Tanohata, K Moriya, N Hagiwara, H Lee, J Sato, M Yoshida, T Nagashima, T
Citation
K. Andoh et al., The posterior inferior cerebellar artery arising from the extracranial segment of the internal carotid artery via the hypoglossal canal without an interposed segment of the basilar artery: A persistent primitive hypoglossal artery variant, CLIN IMAG, 25(2), 2001, pp. 86-89
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology ,Nuclear Medicine & Imaging
Journal title
CLINICAL IMAGING
ISSN journal
08997071 → ACNP
Volume
25
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
86 - 89
Database
ISI
SICI code
0899-7071(200103/04)25:2<86:TPICAA>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The authors present a rare case of a persistent primitive hypoglossal arter y (PHA) variant ending in the posterior interior cerebellar artery (PICA) w ithout an interposed segment of the basilar artery and describe briefly the possible embryogenesis of this anomaly. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.