New variant of persistent primitive trigeminal artery associated with duplicated basilar artery: a radiological case report. 2023

Mohammed Assaad Alnafie
Faculty of Medicine of Oran, University of Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella, BP 1510 El'Mnaouer, 31000, Oran, Algeria. jafar.hagge@gmail.com.

OBJECTIVE This article reports a new variant of the persistent primitive trigeminal artery. This variant does not exist in Salas and Saltzman classifications. METHODS We analyzed CTA images of a 39-year-old male patient using RadiAnt. This work had clinical and research purposes. RESULTS A persistent primitive trigeminal artery arose from left internal carotid artery termination. Its course was atypical, superior, and lateral to the sella turcica. At its end, it joined a duplicated basilar artery. These morphological features are new compared to Salas and Saltzman's variants. CONCLUSIONS Anatomists, radiologists, and neurosurgeons must know this new variant. Angiographic analysis of this variant will keep the patient safe and perform the surgery. This new variant deserves to be considered in Salas and Saltzman classifications as a new type.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D002343 Carotid Artery, Internal Branch of the common carotid artery which supplies the anterior part of the brain, the eye and its appendages, the forehead and nose. Arteries, Internal Carotid,Artery, Internal Carotid,Carotid Arteries, Internal,Internal Carotid Arteries,Internal Carotid Artery
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000792 Angiography Radiography of blood vessels after injection of a contrast medium. Arteriography,Angiogram,Angiograms,Angiographies,Arteriographies
D001488 Basilar Artery The artery formed by the union of the right and left vertebral arteries; it runs from the lower to the upper border of the pons, where it bifurcates into the two posterior cerebral arteries. Arteries, Basilar,Artery, Basilar,Basilar Arteries

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