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Most common vascular anomalies accompanying azygos ACA were unilateral vertebral artery hypoplasia and ACA A1 segment Case 3 A 72-year-old woman was incidentally diagnosed with an unruptured aneurysm due to dizziness on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We present the case of an extremely rare association of anomalies with a dual fenestration of the A1 ACA and an azygos A2 ACA pattern. Embryologically, the ACA is the first to develop along the Many studies stated that anomalies of ACA were related to serious clinical implications due to co-existence of aneurysms and brain infarctions with ACA variants especially with azygos ACA as a Recent MRI scans, prompted by two months of dizziness, revealed an azygos anterior cerebral artery without other abnormalities, highlighting a rare anatomical variant. Therefore, when azygos ACA or cerebral developmental anomalies are observed in cranial MRI, it should be kept in mind that these two entities could coexist, and vascular traces and Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed no early ischemic changes, although a head magnetic resonance angiogram (MRA) demonstrated a single A2 trunk without any A3 branches that were The azygous ACA A2 segment is an uncommon anatomic variant seen in less than 1% of the population. from publication: Variations of anterior cerebral artery in human cadavers | Abstract Background: Anterior The MRI also showed a single large caliber anterior cerebral artery (no other vascular variants identified) (Figure 1). Embryologically, the ACA is the first to develop along the olfactory lobe, and was also the first This case demonstrates a rare anatomical variant called Azygos anterior cerebral artery (azygos-ACA) characterized by a common trunk in the A2 segment (above the anterior Cerebrovascular accidents involving azygos ACA present with bilateral ACA territory involvement, which can sometimes mimic an underlying space-occupying lesion. ConclusionIn Five of the aneurysms were located in MCA and four in distal ACA. As a result, no anterior . Right fronto-temporal In the present study, a classification of azygos ACA was made based on radiological imaging for a common terminology, and frequency, accompanying vascular anomalies and malformations were The azygous ACA A2 segment is an uncommon anatomic variant seen in less than 1% of the population. Embryologically, the ACA is the first to develop along the 前大脳動脈（ACA）は発生学的には内頸動脈の2終枝の1本であるprimitive olfactory arteryから生じ，20−24mm胎児（40日目）の頃より内側の枝が主幹となって，終脳の発達に伴い大脳半球内側面 DW-MRI performed the next day showed several small cerebral infarctions in bilateral frontal lobes (Fig. The anatomical and embryological ＞診断 ： A：triple ACAB：azygos ACA ＞解説 ： MRAの進歩によって、非造影のMRIでも血管造影に劣らない詳細な血管の描出が可能になっており、ACAの血管変異を経験することも多くなった。 Computed tomography (CT) and angiogra- phy revealed subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) due to a dissecting aneurysm at the left A1 segment accompanied with an azygos ACA. 多くは椎骨脳底動脈系に発生し,内頚動脈系での発 Cerebral artery Anterior cerebral artery (ACA) Variations Normal pattern Hypoplasticity Absence Duplication Azygos ACA the others Normal pattern Duplication Triplication Plexiform Absence the Type I anomaly, ‘the true azygos anterior cerebral artery’, has a single unpaired anterior cerebral artery supplying the medial surface of both cerebral The anterior communicating artery complex (ACAC) consists of the anterior communicating artery (ACoA) and two anterior cerebral arteries (ACA), which are composed of an A1 今回われわれは奇性前大脳動脈(azygos ante- rior cerebral artery,以下azygos ACAと 略す),脳 動静脈奇形(AVM)さ らに多発性脳動脈瘤を合併 した1例 を経験したので文献的考察を加え The azygous ACA A2 segment is an uncommon anatomic variant seen in less than 1% of the population. 2G). Lacking a definitive diagnosis and in the context of improving clinical picture it was felt a はじめに 頭蓋内の非外傷性解離性動脈瘤はまれな疾患とされていたが,近年の画像診断技術の進歩とともに,より一般的に診断されるようになってきた. Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) of the head Azygos anterior cerebral artery is an uncommon to rare variant seen in which the two A1 segments of the anterior cerebral artery (ACA) join to form a single trunk. ＞画像所見 ： 脳底動脈は脳橋の腹側を上行し、大脳脚のレベルで左右の後大脳動脈(PCA)に分岐するが、本例では右PCAは右内頚動脈から直接分岐している。 ＞診断 ： 右後大脳動脈の変異（胎生型） ＞解説 ： 胎生期には頚動脈と脳底動脈には多くの吻合枝があるが、後大脳動脈は脳底動脈系の完成と共に脳底動脈の終枝として血流を受けるようになり、内頚動脈とは後交通動脈を介してつながっている。 しかしながら、本例のように内頚動脈から後交通動脈を経由して後大脳動脈が直接分岐するvariation（胎生型）も比較的高頻度（約10％）にみられる。 ＞画像所見 ： 症例A：左頚部の内頚動脈（pars An azygos anterior cerebral artery is a rare variant of the circle of Willis where the two A2 segments of the anterior cerebral artery (ACA) join to form a single trunk. 2F), although MRA showed good recanalization of the azygos ACA (Fig. Download scientific diagram | Schematic diagram of azygos ACA showing different types.