Bilateral segmental absence of the internal carotid artery with rete compensation associated with absence of basilar artery: case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 615-619

  Kim, Myoung Soo ^a   Lee, Seung Joon ^a   Lee, Chae Heuck ^a   Park, Hyo Il ^a  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Basilar artery; Carotid artery; Rete mirabile

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BASILAR ARTERY MALFORMATION; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY ANOMALY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MAXILLARY ARTERY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; VERTEBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ARTERIOVENOUS ANASTOMOSIS; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33646543002     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2005.07.072     Document Type: Article

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