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Internal carotid artery agenesis associated with a rare collateral pathway: supraclinoid–supraclinoid anastomosis. A case report

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Internal carotid artery (ICA) agenesis is an infrequent vascular anomaly, less than 0.01 % of the population. Here we report a case of internal carotid agenesis with a rare collateral pathway, via supraclinoid ICA anastomosis to the contralateral supraclinoid ICA.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Grant funded by the Korean Government (MSIP) (No. 2014R1A5A2010008).

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  1. Department of Radiology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Dongsan Medical Center, 56 Dalseong-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu, 700-712, Korea

    Jung Hee Hong & Hyuk Won Chang

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Dongsan Medical Center, Daegu, Korea

    Ji Min Kim, Ho Chan Cho & Sang Hyon Kim

  3. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Dongsan Medical Center, Daegu, Korea

    Ji Hee Hong

  4. Department of Emergency Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Dongsan Medical Center, Daegu, Korea

    Sung Jin Kim

  5. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Busan Paik Hospital Inje University, Busan, Korea

    Hea Woong Jeong

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Hong, J.H., Chang, H.W., Kim, J.M. et al. Internal carotid artery agenesis associated with a rare collateral pathway: supraclinoid–supraclinoid anastomosis. A case report. Surg Radiol Anat 38, 261–263 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-015-1531-7

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