title: Persistent primitive trigeminal artery associated with posterior communicating artery aneurysm and hypoplastic vertebral artery.
abstract: We report a patient who presented with headache due to diffuse subarachnoid hemorrhage. A four-vessel angiogram revealed a left posterior communicating artery aneurysm with fetal origin, persistent primitive trigeminal artery and hypoplastic vertebral artery on the same side. This association was considered coincidental and co-existence of a saccular aneurysm with an anatomical variation of intracranial vasculature is briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, USA. mbaskaya@yahoo.com
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Baskaya
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nanda
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging