title: A neurosurgical view of anatomical variations of the distal anterior cerebral artery: an anatomical study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The vascularization pattern of the anatomy of the distal anterior cerebral artery (ACA) remains a subject of debate. The authors provide detailed information about the distal ACA and shed light on issues concerning it that have not previously been adequately discussed.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty adult human brains (100 hemispheres) were obtained during routine autopsies. Cerebral arteries were separately cannulated and injected with latex. The vascularization patterns of the cortical branches and the variations of the arteries were investigated. The authors found that the distal ACA supplied all the inner surfaces of the frontal and parietal lobes and a median of one third of the outer surfaces. The origin of the arteries from the main trunk and their exit angles affected the vascularization patterns of the hemispheres. The authors redefine controversial terminology regarding the callosomarginal artery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In each hemisphere, the vascularization pattern of the distal ACA is different to a greater or lesser extent. An awareness of this fact will contribute significantly to surgical interventions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. hasanugur2001@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Hasan Caglar
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Ugur
authors.forename: Gokmen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kahilogullari
authors.forename: Ali Firat
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Esmer
authors.forename: Ayhan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Comert
authors.forename: Aysun B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Odabasi
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tekdemir
authors.forename: Alaittin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elhan
authors.forename: Yucel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kanpolat
mesh_terms: D020771:Anterior Cerebral Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000601:surgery*; D002102:Cadaver; D006801:Humans; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D009626:Terminology as Topic