A Rare Anatomic Variant of a Solitary Internal Carotid Artery Associated with Moyamoya Phenomenon of the Middle Cerebral Artery

A case of a congenital solitary internal carotid artery with complicated anastomosis is presented. This rare anomaly was an incidental finding at cerebral angiography in a patient with a poor-grade subarachnoid hemorrhage and a ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm.

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Published in:American Journal of Neuroradiology 2006-10, Vol.27 (9), p.2012-2013
Main Authors: Wong, G.K.C, Yu, S.C.H, Antonio, G.E, Poon, W.S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Aged, 80 and over
Aneurysm, Ruptured - diagnostic imaging
Basilar Artery - diagnostic imaging
Biological and medical sciences
Brain
Carotid Artery, Internal - abnormalities
Carotid Artery, Internal - diagnostic imaging
Cerebral Angiography
Cerebrospinal fluid. Spinal cord. Spinal roots. Spinal nerves
Collateral Circulation - physiology
Female
Humans
Hydrocephalus - diagnostic imaging
Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery - diagnostic imaging
Intracranial Aneurysm - diagnostic imaging
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Mood disorders
Moyamoya Disease - diagnostic imaging
Nervous system
Neurosurgery
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Radiodiagnosis. Nmr imagery. Nmr spectrometry
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - diagnostic imaging
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vertebral Artery - diagnostic imaging
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Summary:A case of a congenital solitary internal carotid artery with complicated anastomosis is presented. This rare anomaly was an incidental finding at cerebral angiography in a patient with a poor-grade subarachnoid hemorrhage and a ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm.
ISSN:0195-6108
1936-959X
1432-1920