Angiographic findings and clinical implications of persistent primitive hypoglossal artery

Marianna Vlychou; Marios Georganas; Georgios Spanomichos; Panagiotis Kanavaros; Christos Artinopoulos; Georgios M Zavras

doi:10.1186/1471-2342-3-2

Angiographic findings and clinical implications of persistent primitive hypoglossal artery

BMC Med Imaging. 2003 Jul 23;3(1):2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2342-3-2.

Authors

Marianna Vlychou¹, Marios Georganas, Georgios Spanomichos, Panagiotis Kanavaros, Christos Artinopoulos, Georgios M Zavras

Affiliation

¹ Department of Interventional Radiology, KAT Hospital, 2 Nikis str, Athens, Greece. mvlychou@hol.gr

Abstract

BACKGROUND: 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.