COMPARATIVE ANATOMY OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE VILLISIAN CIRCLE IN PERSONS WITH CEREBRAL CIRCULATION DISORDERS AND WITHOUT SIGNS OF PATHOLOGY

Abstract

The study is devoted to the study of the anatomy of the Willis circle of people with and without cerebral circulation pathology. We studied 243 angiograms (men and women of different age groups from 18 to 72 years old). Of these, 120 patients had no signs of cerebrovascular pathology, 123 patients had various kinds of cerebral circulation disorders. Only in 32% of cases, when studying 120 MR-angiograms of persons without cerebral circulation disorders, a classical type of structure of the arterial bed was revealed. In 68% of the subjects, structural anomalies were found, namely: 23% hypoplasia of the anterior communicating artery, 21% aplasia or hypoplasia of one of the posterior communicating arteries, 17% combination of aplasia of the anterior communicating arteries and aplasia of one of the posterior communicating arteries, 4% aplasia of the anterior and both posterior connecting arteries, 3% parietal contact of both anterior cerebral arteries. A study of the Willis circle of patients with cerebrovascular pathology revealed: 2% have a classic variant of the structure, 53% have aplasia of one of the posterior communicating arteries, aplasia of both posterior communicating arteries 26%, 19% a variant in which aplasia of the anterior and posterior communicating arteries is combined. Based on the foregoing, the classical type of structure of the arterial circle of the brain is the most optimal option for ensuring collateral blood flow.