title: Persistent bilateral proatlantal type II artery.
abstract: Vascular anomalies and variants are common in patients undergoing imaging studies, and patients with these anomalies are generally asymptomatic. Remnants of fetal carotid-basilar circulation are rarely identified. We report a rare case of persistent type 2 bilateral proatlantal arteries, in which the patient presented with dizziness.
authors: Department of Radiology, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas (Zarghouni), and Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Topeka, Kansas (Marichal).
authors: Mehrzad
authors: M
authors: Zarghouni
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Marichal
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