Dalip Dominic, Iwanaga Joe, Loukas Marios, Oskouian Rod J, Tubbs R Shane
Seattle Science Foundation, Seattle, USA.
Medical Education and Simulation, Seattle Science Foundation, Seattle, USA.
Cureus. 2018 Jul 5;10(7):e2932. doi: 10.7759/cureus.2932.
The posterior cerebral artery (PCA) is a branch of the terminal part of the basilar artery and perfuses the temporal lobes, midbrain, thalamus, and the posterior inferior portion of the parietal lobes. It is divided into P1-P4 segments. Variations in the P1 segment of the PCA are important to neurosurgeons when performing surgery, for example, on basilar tip aneurysms. We report bilateral superior cerebellar artery (SCA) arising from the P1 segment of the PCA. Such a configuration appears to be uncommon but should be kept in mind by neurosurgeons, neurointerventionalists, and neuroradiologists.
大脑后动脉(PCA)是基底动脉末端的一个分支,为颞叶、中脑、丘脑和顶叶的后下部供血。它分为P1 - P4段。在进行手术时,例如处理基底动脉尖动脉瘤时,大脑后动脉P1段的变异对神经外科医生很重要。我们报告了双侧小脑上动脉(SCA)起源于大脑后动脉的P1段。这种情况似乎不常见,但神经外科医生、神经介入医生和神经放射科医生应予以关注。