A rare anatomic variant of a solitary internal carotid artery associated with moyamoya phenomenon of the middle cerebral artery.
A case of a congenital solitary internal carotid artery with complicated anastomosis is presented. This rare anomaly was an incidental finding at cerebral angiography in a patient with a poor-grade subarachnoid hemorrhage and a ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm.
Wong
G K C
GK
Division of Neurosurgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, SAR, China.
Yu
S C H
SC
Antonio
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GE
Poon
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WS
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003097:Collateral Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009072:Moyamoya Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging