Summary
Persistent proatlantal intersegmental artery, a rare form of caroticobasilar anastomosis is described. The literature is reviewed.
Résumé
Les auteurs décrivent un cas de persistance de la 1 ère artère intersegmentaire cervicale, une forme rare d'anastomose carotido-basilaire. Ils font une revue de la littérature.
Zusammenfassung
Beschreibung einer persistierenden vor dem Atlas liegenden Intersegmental-Arterie. Es hadelt sich dabei um eine seltene Form einer carotido-basilären Anastomose.
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Bloch, S., Danziger, J. Proatlantal intersegmental artery. Neuroradiology 7, 5–8 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00344667
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00344667