[Cerebral persistent primitive arteries. Clinical case of combination with intracranial aneurysm and review of the literature].

Abstract

Cerebral persistent primitive arteries are uncommon and associated with cerebrovascular diseases, like cerebral aneurysms. They can cause vertebrobasilar ischemia and neuropathy of the cranial nerves. The authors present a patient with trigeminal artery associated with giant partially thrombosed cavernous internal cerebral artery aneurysm.