title: Aneurysm of persistent primitive hypoglossal artery.
abstract: A patient with a ruptured intracranial aneurysm of the right persistent primitive hypoglossal artery is described. Clipping of the aneurysmal neck was achieved by a far lateral approach together with drilling of the jugular tubercle, and it was concluded that this approach should be followed for safe and complete clipping.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yokota
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ryu
mesh_terms: D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed