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http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2016.17.4.554

A Case of Anomalous Origin and Course of Vertebral Artery in a Patient with Klippel Feil Syndrome  

Ulusoy, Onur Levent (Department of Radiology, Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital)
Sasani, Hadi (Department of Radiology, Near East University School of Medicine)
Barlas, Sezgi Burcin (Department of Radiology, Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital)
Mutlu, Ayhan (Department of Radiology, Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital)
Sasani, Mehdi (Department of Anatomy, Trakya University, Faculty of Medicine)
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Korean Journal of Radiology / v.17, no.4, 2016 , pp. 554-557 More about this Journal
Abstract
Patients with Klippel-Feil syndrome (KFS) have an increased incidence of vascular anomalies as well as vertebral artery (VA) anomalies. In this article, we presented imaging findings of a 15-year-old female patient with KFS with a rare association of extraforaminal cranially ascending right VA that originated from the ipsilateral carotid bulb. Trifurcation of the carotid bulb with VA is a very unusual variation and to the best of our knowledge, right-sided one has not been reported in the literature.
Keywords
Carotid bulb; Vertebral artery; Trifurcation; Klippel-Feil syndrome;
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