Open AccessCongenital absence of unilateral internal carotid artery with an intracerebral aneurysm
Author(s) -
Sanjeev K. Shukla,
Shivya Parashar,
Sangeeta Saxena
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2248-9614
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_312_16
Subject(s) - medicine , internal carotid artery , aneurysm , cardiology , cerebral arteries , anterior cerebral artery , radiology , surgery , middle cerebral artery , ischemia
The absence of the internal carotid artery (ICA) is a rare congenital anomaly. Diagnosis of this entity is important because of its association with the cerebral aneurysm and also indicated during planned carotid or transsphenoidal surgery in thromboembolic disease and in the surveillance and detection of associated cerebral aneurysms. We report a case of congenital absence of unilateral ICA with associated cerebral aneurysm of the anterior cerebral artery.