The posterior communicating artery is a potential location for an aneurysm, a bulging area in an artery. Aneurysms in this location make up about 25% of all intracranial aneurysms.

ICA = internal carotid artery, MCA = middle cerebral artery, ACA = anterior communicating artery, CCA = common carotid artery, ECA = external carotid artery. FMD is a disease of the arteries which ...

The anterior deep temporal artery has small branches that go through the zygomatic (cheek) bone, communicating with the lacrimal artery. This artery also runs through the great wing of the ...

• Posterior communicating artery • Anterior communicating artery • Middle cerebral artery bifurcation. Sentinel, or "warning" leaks that produce minor blood leakage are reported to occur in 30-50% of ...

The anterior cerebral artery supplies blood to parts of the frontal and parietal lobes of the brain. Also known as the ACA, it is one of a pair of arteries essential to delivering oxygen to the brain.

Initial computed tomography (CT) of the head revealed a subarachnoid hemorrhage, a right frontal hematoma suggestive of an anterior communicating artery aneurysm, and hydrocephalus (Panel A).

The infarcts were confirmed via MRI; conventional angiography showed a 4-mm saccular aneurysm of the anterior communicating artery . To treat the aneurysm, we successfully inserted detachable coils ...