Persistência da artéria trigeminal primitiva associada com aneurisma da artéria cerebral média: relato de caso e revisão da literatura Persistent trigeminal artery associated with aneurysm of the middle cerebral artery: case report and literature review

• Main Authors: Mauro Augusto de Oliveira, Caio C. D. Grotta, Marushcka S. F. Assis
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 1997-01-01
• Series: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
• Subjects: artéria trigeminal persistente; aneurisma cerebral; embriologia; persistent trigeminal artery; cerebral aneurysm; embriology
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1997000500023

Os autores apresentam um caso, demonstrado angiograficamente, de achado incidental de artéria trigeminal primitiva persistente associada com aneurisma do polígono de Willis no território da artéria cerebral média. A propósito, a literatura é revisada e a embriologia envolvida relatada.<br>The authors report a case of persistent primitive trigeminal artery angiographically demonstrated as an incidental finding. The persistent primitive trigeminal artery was associated with an aneurysm arising from the circle of Willis in the middle cerebral artery territory. The literature is reviewed and the embryology involved is related.