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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 3 Involvement of different territories in groups with and without ipsilateral hypoplastic PCoA variation

From: Anatomical variations in posterior part of the circle of Willis and their associations with brain infarct in different vascular territories

Infarcted vascular territory

With ipsilateral PCoA hypoplasia/aplasia (n = 101)

Without ipsilateral PCoA hypoplasia/aplasia (n = 41)

Hemispheric stroke

Anterior

57 (56.4)

30 (73.2)

 ACA

3 (2.9)

4 (9.8)

 MCA

54 (53.5)

26 (63.4)

Posterior

17 (16.8)

9 (21.9)

 PCA

6 (5.94)

2 (4.9)

 SCA/Basilar/PICA

11 (10.9)

7 (17.0)

Thalamus*

17(16.8)

1 (2.4)

Watershed

10 (9.9)

1 (2.4)

  1. Values in parenthesis are percentages
  2. ACA, anterior cerebral artery; MCA, middle cerebral artery; PCA, posterior cerebral artery; SCA, superior cerebellar artery; PICA, posterior inferior cerebellar artery
  3. *Significant (p = 0.024)
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