The variants in the origin of the trunks of the aortic arch are very heterogeneous. Among them, it is worth highlighting the variants that involve the origin of the vertebral artery and more specifically the left vertebral artery. We present the case of a 62-year-old patient in whom an aberrant vertebral artery was incidentally described in a computed tomography for oncological evaluation. This anatomical variant is asymptomatic in up to 5% of cases and can give rise to clinical problems of a vascular nature.
Aberrant origin of the left vertebral artery: clinical case and scientific literature
Cristina Mesas1,2, Francisco Quiñonero1,2, Gloria Perazzoli1,2, Kevin Doello2,3
1 Department of Anatomy and Embryology, University of Granada, Granada 18071, Spain
2 Institute of Biopathology and Regenerative Medicine (IBIMER), Biomedical Research Center (CIBM), Granada 18100, Spain
3 Medical Oncology Service, Virgen de las Nieves Hospital, 18014 Granada, Spain
SUMMARY
Eur. J. Anat.
, 28
(3):
381-
384
(2024)
ISSN 2340-311X (Online)
