title: A case of an aberrant internal carotid artery with a persistent stapedial artery: association of hypoplasia of the A1 segment of the anterior cerebral artery.
abstract: Congenital vascular variants involving the temporal bones are rare. Awareness of these variants is important as they may mimic glomus tumors or complicate middle ear surgery. We present a case of a persistent stapedial artery associated with an aberrant carotid artery in the left temporal bone, which is highlighted in computed tomography imaging findings. We further discuss a possible relationship between hypoplasia of the A1 segment of the anterior cerebral artery and this congenital variant.
authors.affiliation: Radiology Clinic, Sisli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Sisli, Istanbul, 34377, Turkey. irfancelebi@gmail.com
authors.forename: Irfan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Celebi
authors.forename: Aysel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oz
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yildirim
authors.forename: Hilal
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bankeroglu
authors.forename: Muzaffer
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Basak
mesh_terms: D020771:Anterior Cerebral Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed