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01-06-2017 | Anatomic Variations

Duplicate origin and extremely long P1 segment of the posterior cerebral artery diagnosed by MR angiography

Authors: Megumi Matsuda, Akira Uchino, Naoko Saito, Hiroaki Neki, Shinya Kohyama, Fumitaka Yamane

Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy | Issue 6/2017

Abstract

We present what we believe is the first report of a patient with an anomalous artery arising from the distal basilar artery and fusing with the mid-portion of an extremely long P1 segment of the left posterior cerebral artery that was diagnosed on magnetic resonance (MR) angiography. Careful review of MR angiographic images is important to detect rare arterial variations, and partial maximum-intensity-projection images aid their identification on MR angiography.

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Title: Duplicate origin and extremely long P1 segment of the posterior cerebral artery diagnosed by MR angiography
Authors: Megumi Matsuda
Akira Uchino
Naoko Saito
Hiroaki Neki
Shinya Kohyama
Fumitaka Yamane
Publication date: 01-06-2017
Publisher: Springer Paris
Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy / Issue 6/2017
Print ISSN: 0930-1038
Electronic ISSN: 1279-8517
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-016-1769-8

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Duplicate origin and extremely long P1 segment of the posterior cerebral artery diagnosed by MR angiography

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