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Primitive persistent carotid‐basilar and carotid‐vertebral anastomoses: A report of seven gases and a review of the literature
Author(s) -
Yilmaz Engin,
Ilgit Erhan,
Taner Dogan
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.980080107
Subject(s) - medicine , anastomosis , carotid bifurcation , pathological , anatomy , surgery , radiology , carotid arteries
The persistence of embryonic carotid‐basilar and carotid‐vertebral anastomoses was investigated retrospectively in 4,400 cerebral angiograms. Six primitive persistent carotid‐basilar anastomoses and one primitive persistent carotid‐vertebral anastomosis were found. In 4,400 cerebral angiograms, the incidence of primitive carotid‐basilar and carotid‐vertebral anastomoses was 0.14% and 0.023% respectively. Primitive persistent anastomoses are associated with intracranial vascular anomalies, especially aneurysms. The clinical and pathological findings in combination with these primitive persistentanastomoses were also examined. © 1995 WiIey‐Liss, Inc.