RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Ophthalmic Artery Originating from Basilar Artery: A Rare Variant
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1730
OP 1731
VO 25
IS 10
A1 Sade, Burak
A1 Tampieri, Donatella
A1 Mohr, Gérard
YR 2004
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/25/10/1730.abstract
AB Summary: The basilar artery as the origin of the ophthalmic artery is extremely rare. A 48-year-old patient had undergone angiography for suspicion of a right middle cerebral artery aneurysm. No aneurysm was detected. Vertebral artery injections demonstrated the left ophthalmic artery originating from the basilar trunk. Current embryologic theories fall short in explaining this entity. Awareness of neuroanatomic variations is of paramount importance in diagnosis and treatment of vascular lesions of the brain.