THE ANTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY: ITS VARIATIONS, PONTINE DISTRIBUTION, AND SIGNIFICANCE IN THE SURGERY OF CEREBELLO-PONTINE ANGLE TUMOURS
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The anterior inferior cerebellar artery; its variations, pontine distribution, and significance in the surgery of cerebello-pontine angle tumours.
The anterior inferior cerebellar artery arises constantly from the basilar artery on each side at the junction of its lowest and middle thirds and passes laterally and downwards to cross the cerebello-pontine angle and the eighth cranial nerve. At this point the internal auditory artery is usually given off, passing almost immediately into the internal auditory meatus. Either immediately before...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1949
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.12.2.137