title: Duplicated middle cerebral artery.
abstract: Duplicated middle cerebral artery (DMCA) is an anomalous vessel arising from the internal carotid artery. The incidence DMCA is relatively law, and an association between this anomaly and cerebral aneurysms has been documented. There is a controversy whether DMCA may have perforating arteries. This is an important fact to consider in aneurysm surgery. We report the case of a 34-year-old black woman who suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage and the angiography a left DMCA, and an aneurysm in an inferior branch of the main MCA. The DMCA and the MCA had perforating arteries. The aneurysm was clipped without complications. The observation of perforating arteries in our patient confirms that the DMCA may have perforating arteries. This is very important to be considered in cerebral aneurysms surgery. Moreover, the DMCA may potentially serve as a collateral blood supply to the MCA territory in cases of MCA occlusion.
authors.affiliation: Hermanos Ameijeiras Hospital, Neurology, San Lazaro 701, Havana, Havana, 10300, Cuba.
authors.forename: Jesus
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Perez
authors.forename: Calixto
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scherle
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hierro