Fenestration of the basilar artery associated with persistent primitive trigeminal artery.
A 39-year-old male presented with a putaminal hemorrhage. Angiography disclosed the incidental findings of association of basilar artery fenestration and persistent primitive trigeminal artery. This is the first report of this association of congenital anomalies of the cerebral vessels.
Hattori
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Department of Neurosurgery, National Shizuoka Hospital, Japan.
Inoue
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Sakai
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D000328:Adult; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011699:Putamen / Q000098:blood supply