Congenital Anomalies of the Carotid Arteries, Including the Carotid-Basilar and Carotid-Vertebral Anastomoses: An Angiographic Study and a Review of the Literature

Anyone interested in cerebral and cervical arteriography would benefit from reading and studying this book. In addition to presenting common and uncommon anomalies of the carotid and vertebral arteries, the author has used embryology extensively to explain and understand how these interesting variations come about. The three primitive anastomoses (trigeminal, otic, and hypoglossal) between carotid and basilar arteries are described, but, in addition, the less-well-known suboccipital (proatlantal) and cervical intersegmental anastomoses are illustrated. The numerous connections between internal and external carotid arteries made prominent after occlusive disease of the internal carotid are well described and their relationship to embryological structures pointed out. They are illustrated by ordinary angiograms, subtraction films, stereoscopic films, and diagrams. The references (up to April 1967) are well chosen. The description of the "wonderful net" of arteries which connect internal and external carotid arteries in animals lays the groundwork for understanding the rare human cases included