Summary
The variations and inter-relationships between the middle meningeal artery and the ophthalmic and internal carotid arteries are discussed in terms of embryogenesis, roentgen-anatomical correlation and pathological significance. The pathological conditions cited include arterial occlusive disease, regional neoplasms and extradural hematomata. When the ophthalmic artery connection with the middle meningeal artery results in a large meningeal vessel, it is best called the ophthalmic-middle meningeal artery as opposed to the conventional middle meningeal artery. A less frequent variation in the middle meningeal artery origin is one in which this vessel arises from the petrosal portion of the internal carotid artery; this seems best named the stapedial-middle meningeal artery and occurs infrequently when compared with the ophthalmic middle meningeal artery.
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Les variations et les relations entre l'artère méningée moyenne et les artères ophtalmique et carotide interne sont discutées du point de vue embryologique, correlation radio-anatomique et valeur pathologique. La pathologie étudiée concernait les occlusions artérielles, les néoplasies régionales et les hématomes extra-duraux. Lorsque la jonction de l'artère ophtalmique avec l'artère méningée moyenne se fait sous forme d'un gros vaisseau méningé, il vaut mieux l'appeler artère méningée moyenne ophtalmique par opposition à l'artère méningée moyenne conventionelle. Une variation moins fréquente de l'origine de l'artère méningée moyenne est sa naissance à partir du segment pétreux de l'artère carotide interne; elle est alors appelée artère méningée moyenne stapédiale mais elle est peu fréquente par rapport à l'artère méningée moyenne ophtalmique.
Zusammenfassung
Es werden die Variationen und die Beziehung zwischen der A. meningea media zu der A. ophthalmica und der A. carotis interna bezüglich der Embryologie, die Röntgenanatomie und pathologischen Veränderungen besprochen. Bei den pathologischen Veränderungen handelt es sich besonders um Gefäßverschlüsse, regionale Geschwülste und extradurale Hämatome. Wenn durch die Verbindung der A. ophthalmica zur A. meningea media ein großes meningeales Gefäß entsteht, so ist dieses Gefäß am besten A. ophthalmicameningea media zu nennen, im Gegensatz zur konventionellen A. meningea media. Eine weniger häufige Variation der A. meningea media liegt vor, wenn dieses Gefäß vom Petrosa-Abschnitt der A. carotis interna entspringt. Dieses Gefäß sollto dann A. stapedialis-meningea media genannt werden.
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This work was supported in part by grants NIH-5-101-NSO5519, USDHEW-RR-00128, GM18674 and HLO5832.
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McLennan, J.E., Rosenbaum, A.E. & Haughton, V.M. Internal carotid origins of the middle meningeal artery. Neuroradiology 7, 265–275 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00344246
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