Middle cerebral artery anomaly [Neurosurgery Wiki]

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====== Middle cerebral artery anomaly ======


[[Twig-like middle cerebral artery]]

[[Duplicated middle cerebral artery]].

[[Accessory Middle cerebral artery]]
((Uchino A, Kato A, Takase Y, Kudo S. Middle cerebral artery variations detected
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Teal et al. 
((Teal JS, Rumbaugh CL, Bergeron RT, Segall HD. Anomalies of the middle cerebral
artery: accessory artery, duplication, and early bifurcation. Am J Roentgenol
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further classified two types of accessory MCAs based on the origin of variant vessels, which can be proximal (type 1) or distal (type 2) segments of the ACA
((Gibo H, Carver CC, Rhoton AL Jr, Lenkey C, Mitchell RJ. Microsurgical anatomy 
of the middle cerebral artery. J Neurosurg. 1981 Feb;54(2):151-69. PubMed PMID:
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)).