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01-10-2016 | Case Report - Neurosurgical Anatomy

Extremely rare persistent primitive artery passing through the jugular foramen with symptomatic ipsilateral carotid artery stenosis

Authors: Bikei Ryu, Hidenori Anami, Tatsuya Ishikawa, Tatsuya Inoue, Makoto Sugiura, Takakazu Kawamata

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 10/2016

Abstract

Primitive arteries are persistent fetal anastomoses between the carotid and vertebral-basilar circulation. Although rare, persistent primitive arteries can remain at birth. A 73-year-old woman presented with cerebral infarction to the posterior circulation caused by symptomatic common carotid artery stenosis with an unnamed and extremely rare persistent primitive artery. This anomalous vessel branched from the extracranial internal carotid artery and passed through the ipsilateral jugular foramen into the posterior cranial fossa and merged into the basilar artery. To our knowledge, this is the first case of a persistent primitive artery passing through the jugular foramen with symptomatic common carotid artery stenosis.

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Title: Extremely rare persistent primitive artery passing through the jugular foramen with symptomatic ipsilateral carotid artery stenosis
Authors: Bikei Ryu
Hidenori Anami
Tatsuya Ishikawa
Tatsuya Inoue
Makoto Sugiura
Takakazu Kawamata
Publication date: 01-10-2016
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 10/2016
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-016-2896-z

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