Combination of olfactory course anterior cerebral artery and accessory middle cerebral artery (MCA) with occluded in situ MCA and related moyamoya phenomenon

Brain Dev. 2009 Apr;31(4):318-21. doi: 10.1016/j.braindev.2008.05.008. Epub 2008 Jul 1.

Abstract

We describe a rare case of congenital persistence of a primitive olfactory anterior cerebral artery in association with an ipsilateral accessory middle cerebral artery. The normally and anatomically positioned, or in situ, middle cerebral artery was occluded. This, along with a well-developed anastomotic network of lenticulostriate artery domains and leptomeningeal collaterals suggested a moyamoya phenomenon. To our knowledge, ours is the first report of this anatomic variant and the altered conventional vascular territories of supply.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cerebral Arteries / abnormalities*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Moyamoya Disease / pathology*