Angiographic anatomy of the anterior inferior cerebellar artery.

1 Introduction.- 2 Anatomy.- 2.1 Review of the Literature.- 2.1.1 General Description of the Arteries of the Posterior Cranial Fossa.- 2.1.2 Detailed Description of the Anterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery.- 2.1.2.1 Origin.- 2.1.2.2 Multiplication of the AICA.- 2.1.2.3 Absence of the AICA.- 2.1.2.4 The Course of the AICA in Relation to the Abducens Nerve.- 2.1.2.5 Relation of the AICA to the Facial and Vestibulocochlear Nerves and to the Internal Auditory Meatus.- 2.1.2.6 Branches of the AICA.- 2.1.2.7 Variations of the AICA.- 2.1.2.8 Areas of Supply.- 2.1.2.9 Anastomoses Between the AICA and Other Cerebellar Arteries.- 2.2 Injection Study of the Vertebrobasilar Arteries.- 2.2.1 Materials and Methods.- 2.2.2 Results.- 2.2.3 Discussion.- 3 Radiology.- 3.1 Review of the Literature.- 3.1.1 Visualization of the Vertebrobasilar System.- 3.1.2 Subtraction.- 3.1.3 The AICA in Vertebral Angiography.- 3.1.4 Projection.- 3.1.5 Vertebral Angiography in Posterior Fossa Tumors: General Aspects.- 3.1.6 The AICA in Cerebellopontine Angle Tumors.- 3.1.7 The AICA in Cerebellar Tumors.- 3.1.8 The AICA in Brain Stem Tumors.- 3.1.9 The AICA in Ischemic Lesions.- 3.2 Analysis of Normal and Abnormal Angiograms.- 3.2.1 Materials and Methods.- 3.2.2 Results.- 3.2.2.1 The AICA in 100 Normal Vertebral Angiograms.- 3.2.2.2 The AICA in Cerebellopontine Angle Tumors.- 3.2.2.3 The AICA in Cerebellar Tumors.- 3.2.2.4 The AICA in Brain Stem Tumors.- 3.2.2.5 The AICA in Ischemic Lesions.- 3.2.3 Discussion.- 4 Summary.- 5 References.- 6 Subject Index.