title: An unusual superolateral origin of ophthalmic artery: an anatomic case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  If ophthalmic artery's (OphA) origin anomalies are frequent, the superolateral origin of the OphA was rarely described.
  
  
  METHODS
  During an aneurysmal surgery, a superolateral origin of the left OphA was found. This variation was associated with a sylvian aneurysm. The anatomical, embryological features, the neurosurgical implications of this origin such as treatment of carotid-ophthalmic aneurysm or intra arterial retinoblastoma chemotherapy are discussed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To the best of our knowledge, this is a very rare operative case of both superolateral origin and initial course of OphA.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurochirurgie, CHU Amiens Nord, Place Victor Pauchet, 80054, AMIENS Cedex 1, France, drndah@yahoo.fr.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: N'da
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peltier
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zunon-Kipré
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alsaiari
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Foulon
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Legars
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Havet
mesh_terms: D063405:Anatomic Variation; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009880:Ophthalmic Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology*