PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - V Lefournier
AU  - P Bessou
AU  - P Gailloud
AU  - A Vasdev
AU  - D Rüfenacht
AU  - K Boubagra
TI  - Direct emergence of the dorsospinal artery from the aorta supplying the anterior spinal artery: report of two cases.
DP  - 1998 Nov 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1961--1962
VI  - 19
IP  - 10
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/19/10/1961.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/19/10/1961.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.1998 Nov 01; 19
AB  - We report two cases of an isolated dorsospinal artery that emerged directly from the aorta to supply the anterior spinal artery, which in one case had another blood supply on the opposite side, in a lower position. It is important to identify this anatomic variant, otherwise spinal angiography might be incomplete, especially when the isolated dorsospinal artery supplies the anterior spinal artery.