Unusual persistent primitive trigeminal artery with a superior duplicated basilar system.

Surg Radiol Anat

Department of Neurosurgery, The University of New Mexico, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA.

Published: July 2016

A 67-year-old patient who presented with a right cerebellar hemorrhage underwent vascular workup for suspicion of underlying vascular anomalies. A diagnostic cerebral angiogram demonstrated a duplicated basilar system fed solely by a persistent primitive trigeminal artery. The findings proved to be incidental and unrelated to the patient's hemorrhage. These developmental abnormalities are consistent with embryological development.

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