Posterior Circulation Mechanical Thrombectomy through Primitive Trigeminal Artery: A Case Report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Primitive trigeminal artery (PTA) is a rare intracranial vascular malformation, and mechanical thrombectomy and revascularization via PTA are rarely reported.

Case presentation

We reported a case of mechanical thrombectomy through PTA in a patient who presented with sudden slurred speech and had a National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score of 12. Digital subtraction angiography of the cerebral vasculature showed PTA formation in the right internal carotid artery cavernous segment, with acute occlusion of the distal basilar artery at the PTA junction, and bilateral vertebral arteries and proximal basilar artery were underdeveloped. Therefore, we chose mechanical thrombectomy via PTA, but unfortunately, the vessel failed to recanalize. Follow-up at 1-month p

SUBMITTER: Gao X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10830138 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature