Article
Persistent trigeminal artery: an anatomic study.
Neurosurgery - 1 Sept 1998
Salas E, Ziyal I M, Sekhar L N, Wright D C
Abstract excerpt
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 perfor...
Topics
- Aged
- Basilar Artery
- Cadaver
- Carotid Arteries
- Cerebral Arteries
- Embryo, Mammalian
- Embryonic and Fetal Development
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Vertebral Artery
