A Case of Anomalous Origin and Course of Vertebral Artery in a Patient with Klippel Feil Syndrome.
10.3348/kjr.2016.17.4.554
- Author:
Onur Levent ULUSOY
1
;
Hadi SASANI
;
Sezgi Burçin BARLAS
;
Ayhan MUTLU
;
Mehdi SASANI
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul 34381, Turkey. ulusoyolevent@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Carotid bulb;
Vertebral artery;
Trifurcation;
Klippel-Feil syndrome
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Female;
Humans;
Incidence;
Klippel-Feil Syndrome*;
Vertebral Artery*
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2016;17(4):554-557
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
