Persistent Primitive Olfactory Artery in Serbian Population

Table 1

Comparison of general and special data about the persistent primitive olfactory artery (PPOℓA) presented in our and other investigations.

Country [authors]

Age*

Gender (no.)

Initial symptoms

Diagnosis

PPOℓA

Incidental finding

Relation of number cases

Vascular source

Side

Nozaki’s and new types**

Associated variations (no.)

Aneurysmatic artery (no.)

Other cerebral pathology

Single cases

Korea [18]

24

F

Vertigo

3D CTA

+

ICA

R

I

Serbia [22]

35

M

Myoc.; infarction

Autopsy

+

ICA^p

R

III

Origin/end of the right; PCoA

Japan [14]

42

M

3D CTA

+

ICA

L

I

ACoA

Japan*** [15]

44

M

Headache

CTA

+

(II)

Anastom. with left ant. ethm. a.

Left fronto-orbital artery; (PPOℓA)

Intracerebral hem./SAH

Japan [7]

54

F

Anosmia

Cereb.; angio.

+

ICA

L/R

I

ACoA apl.; RAHs apl.

Japan [14]

55

F

Cereb.; angio.

+

ICA

L

II

ICA

Japan*** [16]

59

F

+

ICA

L

I

ACA

Japan*** [17]

59

F

Hyposmia

+

ICA

R

PPOℓA

Japan [8]

59

M

General seizure

CTA

+

A1-A2

R

(IV)

PPOℓA-; cort. front. vein shunt; RAH apl.

Intracerebral; hem.

Taiwan*** [21]

62

F

Cereb.; angio.

+

ICA

R

(I)

Moyamoya ph.; Fetal; PCA; MCA acc.

MCA; occl.

Korea [19]

68

F

Headache

CTA

+

ICA

R

(I)

PPOℓA; bulbous; dilatation

Japan [9]

69

M

Loss of consciousness

3D CTA

+

ICA

R

(I)

ACoA apl.

PPOℓA/left; A1-A2/ ICA

UK [20]

71

M

Gastric carcinoma

Autopsy

+

A1

L

(II)

Double ACoA

Japan [13]

78

M

Headache

Axial DynaCT/DSA

+

A1

R

Transitory; type (I/II)

PPOℓA-; ethmoidal anastomosis

Right A1

SAH

Retrospective studies

Japan [5]

M (1)

Clinical or forensic investigations

MRA

1/900

ICA

R

Japan [6]

CTA/MRA

1/3700

ICA

L

Japan*** [12]

5/?

ICA

PPOℓA (1)

Korea [11]

24; −82

M (17); F (12)

MRA/CTA

29/9841

L (19); R (7); LR (3)

ACA hypop. (3); M1 fen (1)

PPOℓA (2); ICA (1); Three cereb. arteriæ (1)

Japan [10]

36; −81

M (6); F (8)

MRA

14/3491

L (7); R (6); LR (1)

VA fen. (1); MCA acc. (1); MACC (1)

MCA (1); PPOℓA (1)

Serbia (recent study)

0; −95

M (2)

Autopsy

2/469

A1

R (2)

I

A1 fen (1); MACC (1)

∗Single cases are aligned according to the age.
∗∗Nozaki’s [7] and new types are marked by Romanian numbers.
∗∗∗Data from the paper by Katayama et al. [14].
Female (F); male (M); left (L); right (R); myocardial (myoc.); three-dimensional computer tomography angiography (3D CTA); cerebral angiography (cereb. angio.); digital subtraction angiography (DSA); magnetic resonance angiography (MRA); internal carotid artery (ICA); persistent cranial branch of the internal carotid artery (ICA^p); junction of the precommunicating and postcommunicating parts (A1-A2) of the anterior cerebral artery (ACA); posterior communicating artery (PCoA); aplasia of the anterior communicating artery (ACoA apl.); recurrent artery of Heubner (RAH); accessory middle cerebral artery (MCA acc.); posterior cerebral artery (PCA); fenestration of the sphenoid part of the MCA (M1 fen); vertebral artery (VA); median artery of the corpus callosum (MACC); hemorrhage (hem.); occlusion (occl.); subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH).