ABSTRACT
During routine dissection in the laboratory was observed the presence of a variation of the superior cerebellarartery in a brain of a young adult male. This artery belongs to the vertebral-basilar system and is branch ofthe basilar artery, prior to its bifurcation giving rise to the posterior cerebral arteries. This variation is clinicallyimportant due to cerebellar infarctions that affect a significant portion of the population, and records of thistype of variation become important especially for the few records that are found in literature.
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Humans , Male , Adult , Posterior Cerebral Artery/anatomy & histology , Infarction , Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery , Posterior Cerebral Artery , DissectionABSTRACT
CONTEXT: The microsurgical anatomy of the posterior circulation is very complex and variable. Surgical approaches to this area are considered risky due to the presence of the various important blood vessels and neural structures. AIMS: To document the microsurgical anatomy of the posterior circulation along with variations in the Indian population. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The authors studied 25 cadaveric brain specimens. Microsurgical dissection was carried out from the vertebral arteries to the basilar artery and its branches, the basilar artery bifurcation, posterior cerebral artery and its various branches. Measurements of the outer diameters of the vertebral artery, basilar artery and posterior cerebral artery and their lengths were taken. RESULTS: The mean diameter of the vertebral artery was 3.4 mm on the left and 2.9 mm on the right. The diameter of the basilar artery varied from 3-7 mm (mean of 4.3 mm). The length varied from 24-35 mm (mean of 24.9 mm). The basilar artery gave off paramedian and circumferential perforating arteries. The origin of the anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) varied from 0-21 mm (mean 10.0 mm) from the vertebrobasilar junction. The diameter of the AICA varied from being hypoplastic i.e., CONCLUSIONS: The authors have documented the various anomalies as well as the differences of the anatomy in this area in the Indian population as compared to the Western literature.
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Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Basilar Artery/anatomy & histology , Brain/anatomy & histology , Cadaver , Cerebrovascular Circulation , Female , Humans , Male , Microcirculation , Microsurgery/methods , Middle Aged , Posterior Cerebral Artery/anatomy & histology , Vertebral Artery/anatomy & histologyABSTRACT
El conocimiento anatómico y clínico preciso del círculo arterial del cerebro, se hace cada vez más necesario, por la compleja relación neural que presentan las diversas arterias que entran en su formación y además por su gran variabilidad. Utilizamos 36 encéfalos humanos frescos, provenientes de especímenes autopsiados adultos, cuyos datos bioantropológicos fueron previamente registrados. El calibre de las aa. comunicantes posteriores fue, en promedio, de 1,08 mm (DE 0,45 ) en ambos lados y su longitud de 17,51 mm( DE 7,9) en el lado derecho y de 16,9 mm (DE 8,0 ) en el lado izquierdo. La ACP en el segmento P1 presentó un calibre de 2,56 mm (DE 077) en el lado derecho y de 2,32 mm (DE 0,64) en el lado izquierdo. La longitud de estas arterias correspondió a 9,43 mm (DE 8,92) en el lado derecho y de 8,82 mm (DE 7,33 ) en el lado izquierdo. Las dimensiones observadas demuestran variabilidad que consideramos interesante de considerar en la anatomía quirúrgica.
The anatomical and clinical anatomy of the arterial circle of brain knowledge , is each time more necessary by cause of the complex neural relation of its components and great variability. Thirty six unfixed brain were obtained at autopsy from adult individuals without signs of cerebrovascular disease and the specimens had registered bioanthropological data. The caliber of the posterior communicating arteries corresponds to 1.08 mm (S.D. 0.45) mean both sides and the longitude to 17.51 mm (S.D. 7.9 ) in the right side and 16.9 mm (S.D. 8.0) in the left side. The P1 segment of the posterior cerebral artery presented a caliber of 2.56 mm (S.D. 0.77) in the right side and of 2.32 mm (S.D. 0.64) in the left side. The length of these arteries corresponded to 9.43 mm (S.D.8.92) in the right side and of 8.82 mm (S.D. 7.33) in the left side. The observed dimensions present variability that we considered interesting to chirurgical anatomy.