A rare marginal tentorial artery to ophthalmic artery anastomosis

Authors

Daniel A. Tonetti, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian, Suite B-400, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Ashutosh P. Jadhav, Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.Follow
Andrew F. Ducruet, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian, Suite B-400, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Electronic address: ducruetaf@upmc.edu.Follow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

We report a patient with a marginal tentorial artery to ophthalmic artery anastomosis. A middle-aged man presented with subarachnoid hemorrhage and underwent angiography, where selective microcatheter injection of the meningohypophyseal trunk and marginal tentorial artery revealed a collateral to the distal ophthalmic artery. The radiological findings, embryology behind ophthalmic artery anastomoses and the neurosurgical and neurovascular relevance are discussed.

Keywords

Anastomosis, Marginal tentorial artery, Neuroanatomy, Ophthalmic artery

Medical Subject Headings

Cerebral Angiography; Dura Mater (blood supply, diagnostic imaging); Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Ophthalmic Artery (abnormalities, diagnostic imaging); Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (diagnostic imaging)

Publication Date

4-1-2015

Publication Title

Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia

E-ISSN

1532-2653

Volume

22

Issue

4

First Page

773

Last Page

4

PubMed ID

25669118

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1016/j.jocn.2014.11.012

Recommended Citation

Tonetti, Daniel A.; Jadhav, Ashutosh P.; and Ducruet, Andrew F., "A rare marginal tentorial artery to ophthalmic artery anastomosis" (2015). Translational Neuroscience. 2054.
https://scholar.barrowneuro.org/neurobiology/2054