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An aberrant cerebellar artery originating from the internal carotid artery

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The aberrant origin of the cerebellar arteries from anterior cerebral circulation is a quite rare vascular variation. Herein, we report a 52-year-old white female with angiographically occult subarachnoid hemorrhage. Left superior and anterior inferior cerebellar arteries were not detected. An aberrant cerebellar artery was noted to arise from the left cavernous internal carotid artery and terminated in the distribution of the ipsilateral superior and anterior inferior cerebellar arteries. This variant artery might likely have resulted from an abnormal regression of fetal anterior-to-posterior circulation connections, and may represent a fetal-type cerebellar artery. A review of the anatomy and clinical significance of the variant is presented.

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  1. Neuroscience Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Golgasht Ave., Tabriz, Iran

    Mohammadali M. Shoja

  2. Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Mohammadali M. Shoja & R. Shane Tubbs

  3. Department of Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, St. George’s University, Grenada, West Indies

    Marios Loukas

  4. Department of Physical Therapy, Dominican College, Orangeburg, New York, NY, USA

    Anthony D’Antoni

  5. Division of Pre-Clinical Sciences, New York College of Podiatric Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Anthony DiLandro

  6. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Division of Neuroradiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Joel K. Curé

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Shoja, M.M., Loukas, M., Tubbs, R.S. et al. An aberrant cerebellar artery originating from the internal carotid artery. Surg Radiol Anat 34, 285–288 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-011-0891-x

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