American Journal of Neuroradiology 25:425-427, March 2004
© 2004 American Society of Neuroradiology
Case Report
BRAIN
Double Origin of the Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery
a From the Departments of Radiology and Surgery, Section of Surgical Neuroradiology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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Summary: Double origin of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) has rarely been demonstrated by angiography in the peer-reviewed literature. Of the three previous reports, this PICA variant arose from the left vertebral artery. We report a right-sided, double-origin PICA.