Extreme fenestration of the basilar artery associated with cleft palate, nasopharyngeal mature teratoma, and hypophyseal duplication.
The authors present the case of a newborn girl with extreme fenestration of the basilar artery. This anomaly was found incidentally during MR imaging study for cleft palate and nasopharyngeal teratoma. Magnetic resonance angiography showed a totally duplicated basilar artery with connections at the proximal and distal ends of the artery, suggesting an extreme fenestration. Duplicated pituitary gland was also found on MR imaging.
Department of Radiology, Saga Medical School, 5-1-1, Nabeshima, Saga 849-8501, Japan. uchino@post.saga-med.ac.jp
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Uchino
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Sawada
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Takase
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Fujita
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Kudo
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*