min - Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, Table of Contents Minim Invasive Neurosurg 2007; 50(5): 300-303DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-985364 Case Report © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York Agenesis of the Left Internal Carotid Artery Associated with Right Anterior Cerebral Artery A1 Segment Bifurcation Aneurysm: A Case Report B. Demirgil 1 , B. Tuğcu 1 , Ö. Günaldi 1 , L. Postalcı 1 , M. Günal 1 , O. Tanrıverdi 1 1Bakırkö Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases Hospital, 2nd Neurosurgery Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey Recommend Article Abstract Buy Article Abstract Agenesis of the internal carotid artery occurs in less than 0.01% of the population. Intracranial aneurysms accompany agenesis in 25-43% of the patients. We present a unique patient with a saccular aneurysm of the anterior communicating artery associated with agenesis of contralateral internal carotid artery. Key words internal carotid artery - intracranial aneurysm - agenesis - collateral circulation Full Text References References 1 Smith Jr KR, Nelson JS, Dooley Jr JM. Bilateral “hypoplasia” of the internal carotid arteries. Neurology. 1968; 18 1149-1156 2 Afifi AK, Godersky JC, Menezes A, Smoker WR, Bell WE, Jacoby CG. Cerebral hemiatrophy, hypoplasia of internal carotid artery, and intracranial aneurysm. A rare association occurring in an infant. Arch Neurol. 1987; 44 232-235 3 Kunishio K, Yamamoto Y, Sunami N, Asari S. Agenesis of the left internal carotid artery, common carotid artery, and main trunk of the external carotid artery associated with multiple cerebral aneurysms. Surg Neurol. 1987; 27 177-181 4 Servo A. Agenesis of the left internal carotid artery associated with an aneurysm on the right carotid siphon. Case report. J Neurosurg. 1977; 46 677-680 5 Teal JS, Naheedy MH, Hasso AN. Total agenesis of internal carotid artery. AJR. 1980; 1 435-442 6 Tharp B, Heyman A, Pfeiffer JB, Young WG. Cerebral ischemia result of hypoplasia of internal carotid artery. Arch Neurol. 1965; 12 160-164 7 Huber G. Intracranial carotid anastomosis and partial aplasia of an internal carotid artery. Neuroradiology. 1980; 20 207-212 8 Savastano S, Feltrin GP, Chiesura-Corona M, Miotta D. Cerebral ischemia due to congenital malformations of brachiocephalic arteries-case reports. Angiology. 1992; 43 76-83 9 Lee J-H, Oh CW, Lee SH, Han DH. Aplasia of the internal carotid artery. Acta Neurochir. 2003; 145 117-125 10 Nishimura S, Shima T, Okada Y, Ishikawa S, Uozumi T, Nishida M. Agenesis of the unilateral internal carotid artery, presenting subarachnoid hemorrhage (author's transl). No To Shinkei. 1979; 31 137-145 11 Lhermitte F, Gautier JC, Poirier J, Tyrer JH. Hypoplasia of the internal carotid artery. Neurology. 1968; 18 439-446 12 Tanaka K, Yonekawa Y, Matsuba K. Hypoplasia of the internal carotid artery - report of an unusual case. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 1991; 31 290-292 13 Worthington C, Olivier A, Melanson D. Internal carotid artery agenesis: correlation by conventional and digital subtraction angiography, and by computed tomography. Surg Neurol. 1984; 22 295-300 14 Caldemeyer KS, Carrico JB, Mathews VP. The radiology and embryology of anomalous arteries of the head and neck. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1998; 170 197-203 15 Osborn GA. Diagnostic cerebral angiography. 2nd edn., Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 1999: 65-70 16 Yilmaz E, Ilgit E, Taner D. Primitive persistent carotid-basilar and carotid-vertebral anastomoses: a report of seven cases and a review of the literature. Clin Anat. 1995; 8 36-43 17 Luh GY, Dean BL, Tomsick TA, Wallace RC. The persistent fetal carotid-vertebrobasilar anastomoses. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1999; 172 1427-1432 18 Tsuruta J, Miyazaki Y. A case of complete absence of the left internal carotid artery associated with an aneurysm of the anterior communicating artery (author's transl). No Shinkei Geka. 1977; 5 895-900 Correspondence Dr. Ö. Günaldi Siyavuşpaşa Mah Namık Kemal Cad. No:23 Kısmet apt. D.8 Bahçelievler İstanbul Turkey Phone: +90/212/543 65 65 Fax: +90/212/543 65 65 Email: gunaldi@mynet.com
