Pulsatile cervical swelling (dilated carotid artery) associated with persistent primitive trigeminal artery. Case report.
A 39-year-old woman was admitted to the department of surgery due to a left-sided pulsatile cervical swelling. Angiography showed that the pulsatile swelling was due to enlargement of the internal carotid artery, and revealed a persistent left-sided primitive trigeminal artery. The clinical significance of this persistent carotid-basilar anastomosis is reviewed, and its possible pathogenetic relationship with the pulsatile cervical swelling is discussed.
Knudtzon
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J
Department of Surgery, Buskerud Medical Center, Drammen, Norway.
Svane
S
S
D000328:Adult; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging