title: Duplication of a vertebral artery associated with epidermoid cyst of the posterior fossa.
abstract: A case of a duplication of the left vertebral artery associated with a premedullary epidermoid cyst at the level of the foramen magnum is described. The close proximity of the two malformative lesions in the present case and the overlap of the periods when such developmental abnormalities can arise suggest that they might be causally linked.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neuropathology, Technical University (RWTH), D-52 057 Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weis
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reul
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mayfrank
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ramaekers
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thron
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011859:Radiography; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging