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Shalva Eliava1, Oleg Shekhtman1, Mariya Varyukhina2
1Vascular Department, National Medical Research Center, Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, Moscow, Russia.
Background:
Surgeries for deep and eloquent cerebral lesions require a detailed knowledge of normal brain anatomy and accurate planning. Important parts of brain anatomy are the cerebral blood supply and collateral circulation system. In addition to well-known cortical and basal (circle of Willis) anastomoses, there is also a deep interarterial anastomotic circle that is not described in the literature.
Methods:
Twenty brain specimens were studied for deep arterial anastomotic connections between branches of the anterior and posterior choroidal arteries.
Results:
We have marked 3 symmetric zones of deep arterial anastomoses that form an epithalamic circle.
Conclusions:
Epithalamic anastomoses provide an additional mechanism of blood distribution that may play a role during surgical interventions or stroke.
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