Angiographic findings and clinical implications of persistent primitive hypoglossal artery

BMC Medical Imaging

Georgios M Zavras²  Christos Artinopoulos²  Panagiotis Kanavaros¹  Georgios Spanomichos²  Marios Georganas²  Marianna Vlychou² 

[1] Department of Anatomy-Histology-Embryology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Greece;Department of Interventional Radiology, KAT Hospital, 2 Nikis str, Athens, Greece

关键词: dorsoventral anastomosis;    segmental arteries;    primitive hypoglossal artery;   

Others  :  1126952
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2342-3-2

 received in 2003-01-27, accepted in 2003-07-23,  发布年份 2003

【 摘 要 】

Background

The primitive hypoglossal artery (PHA) is a rare vascular anomaly, which belongs to the group of carotid-basilar anastomosis that may occur in adults.

Case presentation

Herein is presented a case of a patient with a PHA, who had undergone a cerebral angiography due to investigation of subarachnoid hemorrhage. Additionally, the diagnostic alternatives for detection and assessment of PHA and the spectrum of diseases related to its presence are discussed.

Conclusions

The presence of a persistent PHA can be recognized as an incidental finding in a cerebral angiography without any other clinical implication or may be associated with certain clinical entities such as aneurysm formation and atherosclerotic disease.

【 授权许可】

   
2003 Vlychou et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the article's original URL.

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