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Variant course of bilateral anterior cerebral artery in semilobar holoprosencephaly

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We report an unusual case of semilobar holoprosencephaly with variant course of bilateral anterior cerebral arteries (ACA) in a 1-year-old child. This is a very rare arterial variant, given that holoprosencephalic brains are usually associated with azygous ACAs.

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  1. Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Hosur Road, Bangalore, India

    Hima Pendharkar, Bhaskar Madivala Venkateshappa & Chandrajit Prasad

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Pendharkar, H., Venkateshappa, B.M. & Prasad, C. Variant course of bilateral anterior cerebral artery in semilobar holoprosencephaly. Surg Radiol Anat 37, 1195–1198 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-015-1498-4

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