title: Bilateral persistent trigeminal arteries presenting with brain-stem infarction.
abstract: A 43-year-old male with a left hemiparesis due to brain-stem infarction associated with bilateral persistent trigeminal arteries is reported. The clinicopathological and radiographic significance of persistent carotid-basilar arterial anastomoses in vertebrobasilar territory ischaemic attacks is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Chugoku Rousai Hospital, Kure, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamane
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okita
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kagawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000098:blood supply*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis