Vlychou Marianna, Georganas Marios, Spanomichos Georgios, Kanavaros Panagiotis, Artinopoulos Christos, Zavras Georgios M
Department of Interventional Radiology, KAT Hospital, 2 Nikis str, Athens, Greece.
BMC Med Imaging. 2003 Jul 23;3(1):2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2342-3-2.
The primitive hypoglossal artery (PHA) is a rare vascular anomaly, which belongs to the group of carotid-basilar anastomosis that may occur in adults. CASE PRESENTATION: Herein is presented a case of a patient with a PHA, who had undergone a cerebral angiography due to investigation of subarachnoid hemorrhage. Additionally, the diagnostic alternatives for detection and assessment of PHA and the spectrum of diseases related to its presence are discussed. CONCLUSIONS: The presence of a persistent PHA can be recognized as an incidental finding in a cerebral angiography without any other clinical implication or may be associated with certain clinical entities such as aneurysm formation and atherosclerotic disease.
原始舌下动脉（PHA）是一种罕见的血管异常，属于可能发生于成人的颈基底吻合组。病例报告：本文介绍了一例PHA患者，该患者因蛛网膜下腔出血检查接受了脑血管造影。此外，还讨论了PHA检测和评估的诊断替代方法以及与其存在相关的疾病谱。结论：持续性PHA的存在可在脑血管造影中作为偶然发现被识别，无任何其他临床意义，或可能与某些临床实体相关，如动脉瘤形成和动脉粥样硬化疾病。
