Extreme fenestration of the basilar artery associated with cleft palate, nasopharyngeal mature teratoma, and hypophyseal duplication

A Uchino; A Sawada; Y Takase; I Fujita; S Kudo

doi:10.1007/s00330-001-1194-0

Extreme fenestration of the basilar artery associated with cleft palate, nasopharyngeal mature teratoma, and hypophyseal duplication

Eur Radiol. 2002 Aug;12(8):2087-90. doi: 10.1007/s00330-001-1194-0. Epub 2001 Nov 23.

Authors

A Uchino¹, A Sawada, Y Takase, I Fujita, S Kudo

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Saga Medical School, 5-1-1, Nabeshima, Saga 849-8501, Japan. uchino@post.saga-med.ac.jp

PMID: 12136328
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-001-1194-0

Abstract

The authors present the case of a newborn girl with extreme fenestration of the basilar artery. This anomaly was found incidentally during MR imaging study for cleft palate and nasopharyngeal teratoma. Magnetic resonance angiography showed a totally duplicated basilar artery with connections at the proximal and distal ends of the artery, suggesting an extreme fenestration. Duplicated pituitary gland was also found on MR imaging.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abnormalities, Multiple / diagnosis*
Basilar Artery / abnormalities*
Cleft Palate / complications
Cleft Palate / diagnosis*
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / complications
Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Pituitary Gland / abnormalities*
Teratoma / complications
Teratoma / diagnosis*