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Hindawi, Case Reports in Radiology, (2014), p. 1-4, 2014

DOI: 10.1155/2014/541081

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Bihemispheric Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Occurring with an Azygos Anterior Cerebral Artery: Case Study

Journal article published in 2014 by Jamie Toms ORCID, Rishi Wadhwa, Sudheer Ambekar ORCID, Hugo Cuellar ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

Variations in intracranial vasculature are well known. We report a rare anatomic variation in a patient who underwent cerebral angiography for suspected intracranial aneurysm. Digital subtraction angiography revealed a bihemispheric posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) and an azygous anterior cerebral artery (ACA). There was no evidence of any aneurysm or vascular abnormality. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a patient with a common PICA supplying both the cerebellar hemispheres and a common ACA supplying ACA territory bilaterally. It is important for the physician to be aware of these anatomical variations in order to differentiate a normal variant from a pathological condition.