The Characteristic of Circle of Willis on 64-slice Computed Tomography in Patients with and without Stroke

Duy Toan Nguyen, Văn Sơn Vũ , Mỹ Duyên Lành, Phung Anh Tuan

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Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluation the variations of circle of Willis (CW) on 64-slice CT in patients with and without stroke. Subjects and methods: This is a cross – sectional study of 284 patients with and without stroke that was scanned 64-slice computed tomography at 103 Military Hospital from April 2023 to January 2024. The classification of Chen H.W. was used. Comparison of variation with gender was performed. Results: A1 segment hypoplasia was the most common variant of anterior part of CW (10.6%), PCoA hypoplasia accupied the most in the posterior part of CW (35.9%). In the anterior part, type A (70.1%), type H (16.5%) và type G (6.7%) was the most common. In the posterior past, the commonest variant was type D (27.8%), type A (24.3%) và type E (23.2%). The proportion of patients with complete CW configuration was 31.3%. There was no association between CW configuration and sex. Conclusion: The circle of Willis had more variants, the complete CW configuration have a low rate. Keywords: Willis circle; Computed tomography; Stroke, Variation

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