Clinical importance of the middle meningeal artery: A review of the literature

Yu, Jinlu; Guo, Yunbao; Xu, Bin; Xu, Kan

doi:10.7150/ijms.16489

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“…In the present study, the diameter and trunk length of the STA were not different between the MMD and the non-MMD groups, indicating that MMD did not influence the diameter and trunk length of the STA; this result is in contrast to what occurs in the compensatory dilated tortuous middle meningeal artery in patients with MMD (8). The present results also indicated that, compared with the diameters above and below the zygomatic arch, the diameter of the STA at the midpoint of the zygomatic arch was the smallest.…”

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Anatomical features of the superficial temporal artery in hemorrhagic moyamoya disease based on CT angiography

Hou

et al. 2020

Exp Ther Med

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The superficial temporal artery (STA) is an important continuation of the external carotid artery. It is divided into the frontal branch and the parietal branch at or above the zygomatic arch. In the present study, a comparative analysis of the STA in patients with and without moyamoya disease (MMD) was performed using CT angiography. Patients admitted to our institution for spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage were potential candidates. In general, 25 cases (50 sides) in the MMD group and 25 cases (50 sides) in the non-MMD group were selected for evaluation. The morphology of the STA when crossing the zygomatic arch, the association between the STA bifurcation and the zygomatic arch, the branching characteristics of the STA, the parameters of the STA bifurcation point, the diameter of the STA and the distance from the origin of the STA to the bifurcation point were selected for analysis. There were no significant differences between the two groups with regard to the association between the STA bifurcation and the zygomatic arch, the diameter of the STA or the distance from the origin of the STA to the bifurcation point. However, the bifurcation point of the STA was closer to the posterior edge of the mandibular condyle in the patients with MMD.Workstation and indexes measured. Raw-image CTA data were reconstructed in the Volume Rendering program of the GE Workstation (version 4.6; GE Healthcare) to observe the anatomical characteristics of the STA.Morphology of the STA when crossing the zygomatic arch. According to their morphology when crossing the zygomatic

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Anatomical features of the superficial temporal artery in hemorrhagic moyamoya disease based on CT angiography

Hou

et al. 2020

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“…14,15 This sphenoidal artery variant complicates surgical planning for cases in which an MMA deriving its circulation from the OphA is supplying pathologic processes such as meningiomas, dural arteriovenous fistulas, moyamoya disease, aneurysms, and chronic subdural hematomas. 17,46…”

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Spontaneous bilateral internal carotid and vertebral artery dissections with dominant-hemisphere circulation maintained by external carotid artery–ophthalmic artery anastomoses

Golub

Hu²,

Dogra³

et al. 2019

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Spontaneous cervical artery dissection (sCAD) is a major cause of stroke in young adults. Multiple sCAD is a rarer, more poorly understood presentation of sCAD that has been increasingly attributed to cervical trauma such as spinal manipulation or genetic polymorphisms in extracellular matrix components. The authors present the case of a 49-year-old, otherwise healthy woman, who over the course of 2 weeks developed progressive, hemodynamically significant, bilateral internal carotid artery and vertebral artery dissections. Collateral response involved extensive external carotid artery–internal carotid artery anastomoses via the ophthalmic artery, which were instrumental in maintaining perfusion because circle of Willis and leptomeningeal anastomotic responses were hampered by the dissection burden in the corresponding collateral vessels. Endovascular intervention by placement of Pipeline embolization devices and Atlas stents in bilateral internal carotid arteries was successfully performed. No syndromic or systemic etiology was discovered during a thorough workup.

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“…In previous cases, treatment had included craniotomy with ligation, resection, and endovascular techniques [ 1 ]. Positive results have been reported following both embolization and surgical resection of MMA pseudoaneurysm [ 3 ]. In our case reported here, an endovascular technique was used because the treatment team determined the patient to be a poor operative candidate.…”

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Mycotic Pseudoaneurysm Associated with Skull Base Osteomyelitis Treated with Endovascular Embolization

Haider

Esianor²,

Shail

et al. 2017

Cureus

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Pseudoaneurysms occur due to malformations in arterial wall uniformity, leading to blood collection between the outer arterial layers and resultant outpouching of the vessel. Unlike true aneurysms, pseudoaneurysms do not involve all layers of the blood vessel. Mycotic pseudoaneurysms can occur after associated vessel adventitia infection, leading to transmural dissection. Here we present a case of a 78-year-old man with a history of chronic otitis externa and osteomyelitis who presented with increasing right ear pain with bloody discharge and associated headache. Catheter angiography demonstrated a large pseudoaneurysm in the right middle meningeal artery (MMA) at the base of the skull. Based on the clinical findings and the patient’s history, the patient was ultimately diagnosed with mycotic pseudoaneurysms of the MMA. The patient was subsequently treated with antibiotics as well as endovascular embolization and recovered without any complications.

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Clinical importance of the middle meningeal artery: A review of the literature

Cited by 53 publications

References 104 publications

Anatomical features of the superficial temporal artery in hemorrhagic moyamoya disease based on CT angiography

Anatomical features of the superficial temporal artery in hemorrhagic moyamoya disease based on CT angiography

Spontaneous bilateral internal carotid and vertebral artery dissections with dominant-hemisphere circulation maintained by external carotid artery–ophthalmic artery anastomoses

Mycotic Pseudoaneurysm Associated with Skull Base Osteomyelitis Treated with Endovascular Embolization

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