Artery, Anterior Spinal

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The anterior spinal artery normally originates from the intracranial VA, merges with its counterpart from the other VA to form a single trunk, which descends anterior to the spinal cord.

Cases

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This right VA injection depicts a fenestrated basilar artery (yellow arrow) alongside an anterior spinal artery (red arrow). The origin (orange arrow) of the anterior spinal artery is from the intracranial right V4, just proximal to the formation of the basilar artery.

(A): Towne view.
(B) and (C): Lateral view from the same run.
(D): 3D rotational spin.

Dotted black line: Posterior border of the odontoid/anterior border of the spinal canal.