Bifid direct aortic arch origin of left vertebral artery: a unique vascular variant.
The present report describes an unusual case of a duplicated origin of the left vertebral artery from the aorta discovered incidentally in a young patient. Computed tomographic angiography followed by conventional angiography demonstrated this anomaly. Angiographic findings and vertebral artery embryogenesis and anomalies are discussed.
Shhadeh
Akram
A
Department of Neurology, Temple University School of Medicine, 3401 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140, USA.
Sair
Haris I
HI
Kanamalla
Uday S
US
D000293:Adolescent; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging