Dual origin extracranial vertebral artery: case report and embryology

Ajith J Thomas; Anand V Germanwala; Nirav Vora; Daniel M Prevedello; Tudor Jovin; Amin Kassam; Michael Horowitz

doi:10.1111/j.1552-6569.2007.00182.x

Dual origin extracranial vertebral artery: case report and embryology

J Neuroimaging. 2008 Apr;18(2):173-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2007.00182.x. Epub 2007 Nov 6.

Authors

Ajith J Thomas¹, Anand V Germanwala, Nirav Vora, Daniel M Prevedello, Tudor Jovin, Amin Kassam, Michael Horowitz

Affiliation

¹ Division of Neurosurgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

PMID: 18302642
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2007.00182.x

Abstract

Duplication of the vertebral artery origin is a rare vascular anomaly. The authors describe this finding in a patient who underwent neurointerventional treatment for a midbasilar aneurysm. The embryology and clinical significance is also presented.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm / therapy
Cerebral Angiography
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Stents
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vertebral Artery / abnormalities*
Vertebral Artery / diagnostic imaging
Vertebral Artery / embryology