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In human anatomy, the posterior communicating artery is a blood vessel that connects the terminal end of the internal carotid artery and origin of the middle cerebral artery with the posterior cerebral artery.
Pathology
Aneurysms of the posterior communicating artery are the second most common circle of Willis aneurysmBeck J, Rohde S, Berkefeld J, Seifert V, Raabe A. Size and location of ruptured and unruptured intracranial aneurysms measured by 3-dimensional rotational angiography. Surg Neurol. 2006 Jan;65(1):18-25; discussion 25-7. PMID 16378842. (the most common are anterior communicating artery aneurysms) and can lead to oculomotor nerve palsy.Dimopoulos VG, Fountas KN, Feltes CH, Robinson JS, Grigorian AA. Literature review regarding the methodology of assessing third nerve paresis associated with non-ruptured posterior communicating artery aneurysms. Neurosurg Rev. 2005 Oct;28(4):256-60. PMID 15947958.
References
See also
External links
- Posterior Communicating Artery - Loyola University Chicago
"Posterior communicating artery"