Two cases of aberrant right subclavian artery and right vertebral artery that originated from the right common carotid artery.
We present here two patients that had an aberrant right subclavian artery and an anomalous origin of the right vertebral artery from the right common carotid artery. We review the previous literature and discuss herein the embryologic mechanism and clinical implications of this variation.
Park
Ji Kang
JK
Department of Radiology, Cheju Natinal University Hospital, Cheju National University College of Medicine, Jeju-do, Korea. jkcontrast@naver.com
Kim
Seung Hyung
SH
Kim
Bong Soo
BS
Choi
Gukmyung
G
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; 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