The Infraoptic or Infrachiasmatic Course of the Anterior Cerebral Artery Emerging an Elongated Internal Carotid Artery
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:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
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Gender | Right Side | Left Side | Other Variations | Figure |
---|---|---|---|---|
M | type 3 IO A1 SCar | type 3 IO A1 SCar | high BA bifurcation | Figure 3A |
M | type 3 IO A1 | type 3 IO A1 | Figure 2D | |
M | type 2 IO A1 | type 1 IO A1 SCar | fenestrated AComA, hypoplastic left A1 | Figure 2A |
M | type 2 IO A1 | type 2 IO A1 SCar | Figure 4C | |
M | type 2 IO A1 | type 2 IO A1 | Figure 4A | |
M | type 2 IO A1 | type 2 IO A1 | – | |
M | type 2 IO A1 | type 2 IO A1 | – | |
M | type 2 IO A1 | type 2 IO A1 | – | |
M | type 2 IO A1 | type 2 IO A1 | Figure 5B | |
M | type 2 IO A1 | type 2 IO A1 | – | |
M | type 2 IO A1 | type 2 IO A1 | – | |
M | type 2 IO A1 | type 2 IO A1 | – | |
F | type 2 IO A1 | type 2 IO A1 | rotated BA, left PCA displaced towards the ipsilateral A1 ACA | Figure 4D |
F | type 2 IO A1 | type 2 IO A1 | duplicated AComA | Figure 4B |
F | type 2 IO A1 SCar SClin | type 1 IO A1 | supraclinoid right A1 | Figure 2C |
F | type 2 IO A1 | type 2 IO A1 | Figure 3D | |
F | type 2 IO A1 | type 2 IO A1 | Figure 3B,C | |
F | type 2 IO A1 | type 2 IO A1 | hypoplastic right A1 | |
F | type 2 IO A1 SCar | type 2 IO A1 SCar | rotated AComA, hypoplastic right A1 | Figure 5A |
F | type 2 IO A1 | type 2 IO A1 | rotated BA, left PCA displaced towards the ipsilateral A1 ACA | Figure 5C |
F | type 1 IO A1 | type 2 IO A1 | left bihemispheric ACA | Figure 2B |
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Mincă, D.I.; Rusu, M.C.; Rădoi, P.M.; Vrapciu, A.D.; Hostiuc, S.; Toader, C. The Infraoptic or Infrachiasmatic Course of the Anterior Cerebral Artery Emerging an Elongated Internal Carotid Artery. Tomography 2022, 8, 2243-2255. https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography8050188
Mincă DI, Rusu MC, Rădoi PM, Vrapciu AD, Hostiuc S, Toader C. The Infraoptic or Infrachiasmatic Course of the Anterior Cerebral Artery Emerging an Elongated Internal Carotid Artery. Tomography. 2022; 8(5):2243-2255. https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography8050188
Chicago/Turabian StyleMincă, Dragoş Ionuţ, Mugurel Constantin Rusu, Petrinel Mugurel Rădoi, Alexandra Diana Vrapciu, Sorin Hostiuc, and Corneliu Toader. 2022. "The Infraoptic or Infrachiasmatic Course of the Anterior Cerebral Artery Emerging an Elongated Internal Carotid Artery" Tomography 8, no. 5: 2243-2255. https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography8050188