PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Drazin, Doniel
AU  - Choulakian, Armen
AU  - Alexander, Michael J
TI  - Congenital absence of the common carotid artery in a patient with a ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm
AID  - 10.1136/jnis.2009.001966
DP  - 2010 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery
PG  - 208--210
VI  - 2
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jnis.bmj.com/content/2/3/208.short
4100  - http://jnis.bmj.com/content/2/3/208.full
SO  - J NeuroIntervent Surg2010 Sep 01; 2
AB  - In a 41-year-old woman with a ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysm, cerebral angiography incidentally showed an absence of the right common carotid artery. The right internal and external carotid artery originated from the ipsilateral inominate artery. The absence of the common carotid artery is extremely rare and association with a ruptured cerebral aneurysm is even less common. A description of the case and review of the literature are reported.