Hypoplasia of left vertebral artery with intimal fibromuscular dysplasia in a Korean woman.
We found a case of hypoplasia of vertebral artery with fibromuscular dysplasia in an 82-yr-old Korean female cadaver during a routine dissection course. In the present case, intracranial hypoplasia in left vertebral artery and bilateral origin of posterior inferior cerebellar artery at the vertebrobasilar junction were recognized. Histopathologically, left vertebral artery showed intimal type of fibromuscular dysplasia both in its extracranial and intracranial courses. These results indicate that the association of fibromuscular dysplasia and hypoplasia does exist in the vertebral artery, although the etiologies are not verified yet.
Department of Pathology, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea.
Chang Lim
CL
Hyun
Hyun Sik
HS
Park
Hyun Jo
HJ
Shin
Sang Pil
SP
Yoon
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005352:Fibromuscular Dysplasia / Q000473:pathology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D056910:Republic of Korea; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000473:pathology*