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Abstract #0972

Identification of the Anterior Choroidal Arteries in Patients with Sella and Parasella Tumors Using Time-Of-Flight Magnetic Resonance Angiography with 7 Tesla MR Imager

Tsukasa Wada1, Toshiyuki Murakami1, Takamasa Nanba1, Kohsuke Kudo2, Makoto Sasaki2, Kuniaki Ogasawara1

1Department of Neurosurgery, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan; 2Division of Ultrahigh Field MRI, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan

The aim of this study was to investigate whether time-of-flight (TOF) magnetic resonance (MR) angiography with 7 Tesla MR scanner can display the anterior choroidal artery (AchA) in patients with sella and parasella tumors. 7T-MRA demonstrated at least one AchA in all seven patients. In two of 3 patients who underwent microsurgery through craniotomy, although two AchAs were intraoperatively identified, 7T-MRA displayed only one AchA.

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