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Abstract
Six patients with persistent trigeminal artery (PTA) and one patient with its variant
(PTAV) were studied using a 1.0-T magnetic resonance unit. With both magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), four of the six PTAs were
detected as abnormal connecting arteries between the cavernous internal carotids and
the basilar arteries. The remaining two PTAs and one PTAV were not detected using
MRI, but were imaged by MRA. It was concluded that relatively large PTAs can be detected
using MRI, but small PTAs and PTAVs may be missed using MRI.
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
November 30,
1994
Received:
August 20,
1994
Identification
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© 1996 Published by Elsevier Inc.
