title: Large arteriovenous malformation associated with persistent primitive hypoglossal artery--case report.
abstract: A rare case of large arteriovenous malformation (AVM) with persistent primitive hypoglossal artery in a 43-year-old male was treated by staged embolization, followed by total removal. AVM associated with carotid-basilar anastomosis is quite rare, but the incidence of AVM in patients with carotid-basilar anastomosis is high. AVM associated with persistent carotid-basilar anastomosis has no distinguishing features compared with ordinary AVM, but participation of the posterior circulation as a feeder is characteristic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hyodo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshii
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nose
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000002:abnormalities; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000002:abnormalities; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000196:embryology; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male