A rare anatomic variant of a solitary internal carotid artery associated with moyamoya phenomenon of the middle cerebral artery

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2006 Oct;27(9):2012-3.

Abstract

A case of a congenital solitary internal carotid artery with complicated anastomosis is presented. This rare anomaly was an incidental finding at cerebral angiography in a patient with a poor-grade subarachnoid hemorrhage and a ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / diagnostic imaging*
  • Basilar Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / abnormalities*
  • Carotid Artery, Internal / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebral Angiography*
  • Collateral Circulation / physiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / diagnostic imaging
  • Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / diagnostic imaging*
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
  • Moyamoya Disease / diagnostic imaging*
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Vertebral Artery / diagnostic imaging