Abstract
We report three patients with persistent trigeminal arteries, in all of whom the proximal basilar artery was hypoplastic. We draw attention to this common observation, which should not be mistaken for acquired narrowing.
Article PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
Avoid common mistakes on your manuscript.
References
Richardson DM, Elster AD, Ball MR (1989) Intrasellar trigeminal artery. AJNR 10: 205
Fortner AA, Smoker WRK (1988) Persistent primitive trigeminal artery aneurysm evaluated by MR imaging and angiography. J Comput Assist Tomogr 12: 847–850
Shintani S, Kuzuhara S, Toyokura Y (1990) MR imaging of persistent primitive trigeminal artery. Neuroradiol 32: 79
Silbergleit R, Mehta BA, Barnes RD, Patel SC, Hatfield MK, Spickler EM (1993) Persistent trigeminal artery detected with standard MRI. J Comput Assist Tomogr 17: 22–25
Masaryk TJ, Modic MT, Ross JS, et al (1989) Intracranial circulation: preliminary clinical results with three-dimensional (volume) MR angiography. Radiology 171: 793–799
Schuierer G, Laub G, Huk WJ (1990) MR angiography of the primitive trigeminal artery: report on two cases. AJNR 11: 1131–1132
Blatter DD, Parker DL, Ahn SS, Bahr AL, Robinson RO, Schwartz RB, Jolesz FA, Boyer RS (1992) Cerebral MR angiography with multiple overlapping thin slab acquisition, part II. Early clinical experience? Radiol 183: 379–389
Lie TA (1968) Congenital anomalies of the carotid arteries. Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam, pp 53–70
Wollschlaeger G, Wollschlaeger P (1964) The primitive trigeminal artery as seen angiographically and at postmortem examination. Am J Roentgenol Radium Ther Nucl Med 92: 761–762
Padget DH (1948) The development of the cranial arteries in the human embryo. Contrib Embryol 32: 205–261
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Boyko, O.B., Curnes, J.T., Blatter, D.D. et al. MRI of basilar artery hypoplasia associated with persistent primitive trigeminal artery. Neuroradiology 38, 11–14 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00593207
Received:
Accepted:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00593207