title: Successful operative treatment of an aneurysm on a left persistent hypoglossal artery.
abstract: The authors report on a case of a saccular aneurysm on a primitive hypoglossal artery in a patient who sustained a subarachnoid haemorrhage. The conditions of diagnosing a primitive hypoglossal artery and principles of development are briefly discussed. The first successful direct operative treatment of this rare aneurysm is reported.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*