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.
Uchino
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Department of Radiology, Saga Medical School, 5-1-1, Nabeshima, Saga 849-8501, Japan. uchino@post.saga-med.ac.jp
Sawada
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Takase
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Fujita
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Kudo
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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*