Unfused or twig-like middle cerebral artery

Akkan K., Uçar M., Kilic K., Çeltikçi E., Ilgit E. T., Onal B.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY, cilt.84, sa.10, ss.2013-2018, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 84 Sayı: 10
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2015.06.012
  • Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2013-2018
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Middle cerebral artery, Twig, Anomaly, ANEURYSMS, ANOMALIES, FENESTRATION, ANGIOGRAPHY
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Introduction: The knowledge of anatomic variations of the cerebral arterial circulation may be importantto decide on the safest surgical or endovascular treatment method. Variations in the middle cerebralartery (MCA) territory seems to be less frequent than the other intracranial arteries. During the embryonic stage the primitive MCA is hypothesized to be made up of arterial twigs and these twigs will generate the definitive MCA at the end of the development stage. As in our cases, an early interruption in this period will prevent the evolution of MCA normally and a plexiform arterial network will create the M1 segmentof MCA which is the so-called extremely rare unfused or twig-like (Uf/Tw) MCA variation. Our aim is to define and evaluate the angiographical features of Uf/Tw MCA.