Tsutsumi Masanori, Ueno Yasushi, Kazekawa Kiyoshi, Tanaka Akira, Nomoto Yasuyuki
Department of Neurosurgery, Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital, Japan.
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 2002 Sep;42(9):396-8. doi: 10.2176/nmc.42.396.
Conventional angiography detected three cases of aberrant right subclavian artery. A 51-year-old female presented with a small infarction in the left medulla oblongata and severe stenosis of the left subclavian artery. A 59-year-old female presented with multiple cerebral infarctions and severe atherosclerotic changes in the intracranial arteries. A 58-year-old female presented with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. The aberrant right subclavian artery was asymptomatic in all patients. Knowledge of this anatomical variation is important in diagnostic neuroangiography and interventional neuroradiology.
