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Trigeminal artery connection to the posterior inferior cerebellar arteries

Anastomose entre une artère trijeminee et les arterès cérébelleuses postéro-inférieures

Verbindung der A. trigemina primitiva zur A. cerebelli posterior inferior (PICA)

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Summary

An example of the internal carotid artery supplying the posterior inferior cerebellar artery directly is reported. The direct PICA supply comes from a trigeminal trunk. There was no basilar artery opacification. An embryological explanation is given.

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Présentation d'un cas d'artère carotide interne alimentant directement l'artère cérébelleuse postéro-inférieure L'alimentation directe de l'artère cérébelleuse postéro-inférieure se fait à travers un tronc trijéminé. II n'y avait aucune opacification de l'artère basilaire. Les auteurs donnent une explication embryologique.

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Fallbeschreibung mit klinischer und röntgenologischer Symptomatik einer Patientin, bei der die A. cerebelli posterior inferior über die A. trigemina primitiva von der A. carotis interna versorgt wurde.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

    A. A. Chambers & R. Lukin

  2. Department of Radiology, Cincinnati General Hospital, 234 Goodman Street, 45267, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

    A. A. Chambers

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Chambers, A.A., Lukin, R. Trigeminal artery connection to the posterior inferior cerebellar arteries. Neuroradiology 9, 121–123 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00332958

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