Persistent Trigeminal Artery in a Patient with Moyamoya Disease:a Case Report and Literature Review

Overview

Journal BMC Neurol

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty Neurology

Date 2024 Feb 2

PMID 38308221

Authors

Tao Sun

Lixin Huang

Jun Sun

Zhimin Wu

Chuan Chen

Hui Wang

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Abstract

Backgrounds: Persistent trigeminal artery (PTA) is a rare anastomosis between internal carotid artery (ICA) and basilar artery. In rare conditions, the PTA could be combined with others cerebrovascular anomalies, moyamoya disease (MMD) is one of them.

Case Presentation: Here, we reported one rare case of MMD associated with PTA, the patient admitted to our department for severe dizziness and headache, imaging examination suggested MMD combined with right PTA, which arising from the ipsilateral cavernous portion of ICA. The patient received phased bilaterral revascularization with no any complication. In the subsequent follow-up, the patient's symptoms and intracranial vascular condition gradually improved. Moreover, we conducted a literature review of coexistence of PTA and MMD, the results of a web of science regarding such condition, and a deep discussion providing brief insight into the status of co-occurrence of PTA and MMD, including its manifestation, treatment and outcome.

Conclusions: The coexistence of PTA and MMD was rarely reported, the pathogenesis of such condition remains unknown. We found that the features of the coexistence of PTA and MMD were diverse, revascularization might be a feasible for such patient.

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