Persistent nonfused segments of the basilar artery: Longitudinal versus axial nonfusion

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1194-1196

  Hoh, Brian L ^a   Rabinov, James D ^a   Pryor, Johnny C ^a   Hirsch, Joshua A ^a   Dooling, Elizabeth C ^a   Ogilvy, Christopher S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BASILAR ARTERY PERSISTENT AXIAL NONFUSION; BASILAR ARTERY PERSISTENT LONGITUDINAL NONFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ANTICONVULSANTS; BASILAR ARTERY; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHENOBARBITAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 4143106705     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Lasjaunias P, Berenstein A, Ter Brugge KG. Craniocervical junction: arterial supply to the posterior fossa central nervous system. In: Lasjaunias P, Berenstein A, Ter Brugge KG, eds. Surgical neuroangiography. 1. Clinical vascular anatomy and variations. Berlin: Springer-Verlag; 2001:224-260
2. Padget DH. The development of the cranial arteries in the human embryo. Contrib Embryol 1948;32:205-261
3. Lasjaunias P, Manelfe C, Roche A, Rascol A. Segmental aplasia of the basilar artery in man. J Neuroradiol 1979;6:127-136
4. Lasjaunias P, Berenstein A, Ter Brugge KG. The skull base and extradural arteries. In: Lasjaunias P, Berenstein A, Ter Brugge KG, eds. Surgical neuroangiography. 1. Clinical vascular anatomy and variations. Berlin: Springer-Verlag; 2001:387-477
5. Wollschlaeger G, Wollschlaeger PB, Lucas FV, Lopez VF. Experience and result with postmortem cerebral angiography performed as routine procedure of the autopsy. Am J Roentgenol Radium Ther Nucl Med 1967;101:68-87
6. Adachi B. Das arteriensystem der Japaner. Kyoto: Kaiserlich-Japanischen Univeritat zu Kyoto; 1928
7. Goldstein JH, Woodcock R, Do HM, et al. Complete duplication or extreme fenestration of the basilar artery. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1999;20:149-150
8. Krayenbuhl H, Yasargil G. Die vaskularen erkrankungen im gebiet der arteria vertebralis und arteria basialis: eine anatomische und pathologische, klinische und neuroradiologische studie. Stuttgart: Thieme; 1957
9. Newton TH, Potts DG, eds. Radiology of the skull and brain: angiography. St. Louis: Mosby; 1974:1775-1795
10. Uchino A, Sawada A, Takase Y, et al. Extreme fenestration of the basilar artery associated with cleft palate, nasopharyngeal mature teratoma, and hypophyseal duplication. Eur Radiol 2002;12:2087-2090