J Neurocrit Care.  2024 Jun;17(1):36-37. 10.18700/jnc.230042.

Basilar artery hypoplasia with persistent fetal circulations misinterpreted as basilar artery occlusion in a non-invasive angiography

• Jeong S
• Yoo H
• Kim YS
• Kim HY

• KMID: 2556733
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.18700/jnc.230042

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  Fig. 1. Multiple images of brain magnetic resonance imaging and conventional angiography. Computed tomography angiography (A) and time-of-flight magnetic resonance imaging (B) showed a non-visualized basilar artery. High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (C) revealed hypoplastic basilar artery at the level of pons (red arrow). (D-F) Conventional angiography images demonstrate fetal-type posterior cerebral arteries and left persistent primitive trigeminal artery (red arrowhead).

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