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Permanent Cerebral Vessel Occlusion via Double Ligature and Transection
Published on: July 21, 2013
A rare marginal tentorial artery to ophthalmic artery anastomosis
Daniel A Tonetti1, Ashutosh P Jadhav2, Andrew F Ducruet1
1Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian, Suite B-400, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Abstract:
We report a patient with a marginal tentorial artery to ophthalmic artery anastomosis. A middle-aged man presented with subarachnoid hemorrhage and underwent angiography, where selective microcatheter injection of the meningohypophyseal trunk and marginal tentorial artery revealed a collateral to the distal ophthalmic artery. The radiological findings, embryology behind ophthalmic artery anastomoses and the neurosurgical and neurovascular relevance are discussed.
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