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Two cases of asymptomatic aneurysm of a primitive trigeminal artery, discovered incidentally at angiography for other reasons, are presented.
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Eggers, F.M., Tomsick, T.A., Chambers, A.A. et al. Aneurysms of persistent trigeminal arteries. Neuroradiology 24, 65–66 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00344587
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