Two Cases of Rare Basilar Hypoplasia

Ivana Štula; Katarina Novak; Krešimir Čaljkušić; Tonći Batinić

doi:10.1016/j.jmir.2014.05.005

Two Cases of Rare Basilar Hypoplasia

J Med Imaging Radiat Sci. 2015 Mar;46(1):113-117. doi: 10.1016/j.jmir.2014.05.005. Epub 2014 Nov 13.

Authors

Ivana Štula¹, Katarina Novak², Krešimir Čaljkušić³, Tonći Batinić⁴

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Clinical Hospital Split, Split, Croatia. Electronic address: ivanast23@yahoo.com.
² Clinical Department of Internal Medicine, Clinical Hospital Split, Split, Croatia.
³ Clinical Department of Neurology, Clinical Hospital Split, Split, Croatia.
⁴ Clinical Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Clinical Hospital Split, Split, Croatia.

PMID: 31052055
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmir.2014.05.005

Abstract

In this article, we report two cases of basilar artery hypoplasia; the first case was a primitive trigeminal artery, and the second was an isolated basilar artery hypoplasia. Both patients had general neurologic disturbances, including periodic intention tremor of the left hand. Our data underscore the utility of complementary time of flight (TOF) magnetic resonance and multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) angiography as reliable first detection methods for steno-occlusive diseases and in cases of suspected congenital vascular anomalies.

Keywords: 3D TOF MR angiography; MDCT angiography; basilar artery hypoplasia; intentional tremor; persistent trigeminal artery.