Recurrent artery of Heubner

Last revised by Craig Hacking ◉ ◈ on 14 Aug 2023

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Citation:

D'Souza D, Hacking C, Knipe H, et al. Recurrent artery of Heubner. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 27 Sep 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-1961

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-1961

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/1961

rID:

1961

Article created:

2 May 2008, Donna D'Souza

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Donna D'Souza had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

14 Aug 2023, Craig Hacking ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Craig Hacking had the following disclosures:

Philips Australia, Paid speaker at Philips Spectral CT events (ongoing)

These were assessed during peer review and were determined to not be relevant to the changes that were made.

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Revisions:

34 times, by 17 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Vascular, Central Nervous System

Sections:

Anatomy

Synonyms:

Medial striate artery
Recurrent artery of Huebner

Recurrent artery of Heubner, also known as the medial striate artery or long central artery, is the largest perforating branch from the proximal anterior cerebral artery (ACA) and is the only one routinely seen on angiography.

Its origin is near the A1-ACom-A2 junction of the ACA, arising from the proximal A2 in 90% of cases, and from the distal A1 in 10% of cases. Rarely, it can arise from ACom or have a common origin with the frontopolar artery. It then curves back sharply on itself (hence it's name), paralleling the A1 and is at risk from ACom aneurysm clipping (see case 1).