Anatomical variations of the circle of Willis and their prevalence, with a focus on the posterior communicating artery: A literature review and meta‐analysis

JD Jones, P Castanho, P Bazira, K Sanders - Clinical Anatomy, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The circle of Willis is an anastomotic network of arteries surrounding the base of the brain,
providing collateral circulation to prevent ischemia. It has, however, long been established …

The anterior communicating artery variants: a meta-analysis with a proposed classification system

G Triantafyllou, RC Tudose, C Tsiouris… - Surgical and Radiologic …, 2024 - Springer
Morphological and morphometric variants of the anterior communicating artery (AComA)
have been described by multiple studies; however, a complete classification system of all …

Anatomical variability of the posterior communicating artery

S Gunnal, M Farooqui, R Wabale - Asian Journal of …, 2018 - thieme-connect.com
Objective: Although posterior communicating artery (PCoA) is a smaller branch of the
internal carotid artery, it gives the main contribution in the formation of circle of Willis (CW) by …

[HTML][HTML] The study of fetal-type posterior cerebral circulation on multislice CT angiography and its influence on cerebral ischemic strokes

RK Arjal, T Zhu, Y Zhou - Clinical imaging, 2014 - Elsevier
Purpose The purpose was to evaluate if patients with partial and full fetal-type posterior
cerebral artery (PCA) could be more prone to lead to ischemic strokes on multislice …

Configurations of the circle of Willis: a computed tomography angiography based study on a Polish population

W Klimek-Piotrowska, M Kopeć, M Kochana… - Folia …, 2013 - journals.viamedica.pl
The aim of the study was to investigate the distribution of the circle of Willis variants in Polish
population by means of computed tomography angiography (CTA). The results were then …

Развитие, аномалии и вариантная анатомия артерий головного мозга

ЕВ Чаплыгина, ОА Каплунова… - Журнал анатомии и …, 2015 - anatomy.elpub.ru
Аннотация На основания изучения данных литературы уточнены основные этапы
развития артерий головного мозга в антенатальном периоде индивидуального …

Anatomic variants of the anterior part of the cerebral arterial circle at multidetector computed tomography angiography

E Niederberger, JY Gauvrit, X Morandi… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Imaging of the cerebral arterial circle (CAC) is essential in neurovascular diseases such as
ischemic stroke for detecting arterial occlusions and evaluating arterial supply, and in …

Presence of anatomical variations of the circle of Willis in patients undergoing surgical treatment for ruptured intracranial aneurysms

N Stojanović, I Stefanović, S Ranđelović… - Vojnosanitetski …, 2009 - doiserbia.nb.rs
Background/Aim. The presence of aneurysmal changes on the brain blood vessels has
been subject to numerous research. This study investigated the relation between ruptured …

Variations of the circle of Willis at the end of the human embryonic period

K Furuichi, A Ishikawa, C Uwabe… - The Anatomical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Variations of the circle of Willis (CW) influence blood supply to the brain and adjacent
structures in adults. We examined the formation of the CW in 20 human embryo samples at …

[HTML][HTML] Incidence of hypoplastic posterior communicating artery and fetal posterior cerebral artery in Andhra population of India: a retrospective 3-Tesla magnetic …

SP Bhanu, S Pentyala, DK Sankar - Anatomy & Cell Biology, 2020 - synapse.koreamed.org
The posterior communicating arteries (PCoA) are important component of collateral
circulation between the anterior and posterior part of circle of Willis (CW). The hypoplasia or …