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A description is given of a patient with bilateral visual field disturbances in whom chiasma exploration revealed an infra-optic anterior cerebral artery on the right.
A short survey of analogous anomalies in the literature is presented.
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Bosma, N.J. Infra-optic course of anterior cerebral artery and low bifurcation of the internal carotid artery. Acta neurochir 38, 305–312 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01401101
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