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Persistent trigeminal artery: an anatomic study.
Neurosurgery - 1 Sept 1998
Salas E, Ziyal I M, Sekhar L N, Wright D C
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INTRODUCTION: The most frequent embryonic communication between the vertebrobasilar and carotid systems is a persistent trigeminal artery (PTA). It has been observed in 0.1 to 0.2% of cerebral angiograms. We found this variation in an anatomic specimen, and after microscopic dissection, we performed an analysis of the course of the PTA and its relationship with the abducens nerve and the meningohypophyseal trunk....
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