Persistent primitive hypoglossal artery associated with lower basilar artery aneurysm: diagnosis and clinical implications.
An elderly male was evaluated for subarachnoid hemorrhage and found to have a persistent primitive hypoglossal artery with its associated abnormal posterior fossa circulation and a lower basilar artery aneurysm. Angiography findings are described and are corroborated with computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Its surgical and clinical relevance are discussed.
Furtado
Sunil V
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Department of Neurosurgery, Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India. sunilvf@gmail.com
Reddy
Kalyan
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Khandelwal
Nilesh
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Hegde
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D000368:Aged; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities*; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed