Dual origin extracranial vertebral artery: case report and embryology.
Duplication of the vertebral artery origin is a rare vascular anomaly. The authors describe this finding in a patient who underwent neurointerventional treatment for a midbasilar aneurysm. The embryology and clinical significance is also presented.
Thomas
Ajith J
AJ
Division of Neurosurgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Germanwala
Anand V
AV
Vora
Nirav
N
Prevedello
Daniel M
DM
Jovin
Tudor
T
Kassam
Amin
A
Horowitz
Michael
M
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology