Uchino Akira, Ito Sayaka, Kurita Hiroki, Tanaka Masahiko
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Japan Social Medical Corporation KAN-ETSU, KAN-ETSU Hospital, Japan
Department of Neurosurgery, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Japan.
Neuroradiol J. 2016 Apr;29(2):106-9. doi: 10.1177/1971400916633711. Epub 2016 Feb 25.
We report a case of duplicated right middle cerebral artery that arose from the origin of the right hyperplastic anterior choroidal artery diagnosed by magnetic resonance angiography. To our knowledge, this is the first case of such a variation reported with magnetic resonance angiographic images. The internal carotid artery-hyperplastic anterior choroidal artery-duplicated middle cerebral artery junction was dilated and mimicking aneurysm. Partial maximum intensity projection images and volume-rendering images showed that it was not a saccular aneurysm but an infundibular dilatation. Careful observation of magnetic resonance angiographic images including its source images is important for detecting rare arterial variations. To identify an anomalous artery on magnetic resonance angiography, creation of partial maximum intensity projection images and volume-rendering images is valuable.
我们报告了一例通过磁共振血管造影诊断出的右侧大脑中动脉重复起源于右侧增生性脉络膜前动脉的病例。据我们所知,这是首例通过磁共振血管造影图像报道的此类变异病例。颈内动脉 - 增生性脉络膜前动脉 - 重复大脑中动脉交界处扩张,类似动脉瘤。部分最大强度投影图像和容积再现图像显示,这不是囊状动脉瘤,而是漏斗状扩张。仔细观察包括源图像在内的磁共振血管造影图像对于检测罕见的动脉变异很重要。在磁共振血管造影中识别异常动脉时,创建部分最大强度投影图像和容积再现图像很有价值。