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Case Reports
. 2000 May;21(5):939-40.

An unusual variant of the fronto-orbital artery

E R Lee  1 , J D Eastwood
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Case Reports

An unusual variant of the fronto-orbital artery

E R Lee et al. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2000 May.

Abstract

A patient with a rare variation of the fronto-orbital artery is presented. In this case, the fronto-orbital artery arises from the A1 segment of the contralateral anterior cerebral artery. The angiographic findings in this case are illustrated and discussed. The importance of recognizing this variant is related to the planning of surgery or endovascular therapy in the anterior cerebral artery region.

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Late arterial phase of left carotid arteriogram shows filling of both A2 territories, including right fronto-orbital artery (small arrows). The left fronto-orbital artery does not opacify with this injection. fig 2. Frontal view of right common carotid injection shows hypoplastic right A1 segment (triangle) and opacification of the left fronto-orbital artery (arrowhead)
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