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. 2025 Aug 1;15(8):7663-7666.
doi: 10.21037/qims-2025-211. Epub 2025 Jul 9.

Telencephalic variant of the anterior choroidal artery: clinical significance and management considerations

Lívio Pereira de Macêdo  1   2   3 , Ítalo Emmanuel Lima Ferreira  2 , Marcos Alcino Soares Siqueira Marques-Júnior  1   2 , Renata Raizza Monterazzo-Cysneiros  1   2 , Ubiratan Alves Viturino da Silva  1   2 , Marcos Antonio Barbosa da Silva  2 , Bruno Anderson Araújo da Mota  3 , Romero Marques  3 , José Laercio Júnior-Silva  1   2   3 , Carlos Gustavo Coutinho Abath  3 , Hildo Rocha Cirne Azevedo-Filho  1
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Telencephalic variant of the anterior choroidal artery: clinical significance and management considerations

Lívio Pereira de Macêdo et al. Quant Imaging Med Surg. .
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Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at https://qims.amegroups.com/article/view/10.21037/qims-2025-211/coif). The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Figure 1
Digital subtraction angiography (A-C) and angiogram skull mask (D) following left internal carotid artery injection (white circumflex), showing a telencephalic anterior choroidal artery. (A) Posteroanterior view and (B) lateral view showing a ruptured posterior communicating artery aneurysm (red asterisk) accompanied by fetal posterior cerebral artery (white asterisk) and a Takahashi type 1 telencephalic anterior choroidal artery variant (white arrows). (C) Left oblique view showing initial procedure coiling procedure for a ruptured posterior communicating artery aneurysm (red asterisk), highlighting the telencephalic anterior choroidal artery variant (white arrows). (D) Lateral view after coiling procedure, showing no distal embolization and satisfactory aneurysm occlusion.
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