Figure 2b. Identification of the artery of Adamkiewicz in a 62-year-old man with a dissecting aortic aneurysm. T10 = 10th thoracic vertebra. (a, c) Oblique coronal MPR images from MR angiography (a) and CT angiography (c) show the artery of Adamkiewicz (arrow). This artery has a characteristic hairpin turn connection with the anterior spinal artery (arrowhead). (b, d) Images from MR angiography (b) and CT angiography (d), produced with curved planar reformation (CPR), show continuity of the aorta, right 10th intercostal artery (large black arrow), radiculomedullary artery (small black arrow), artery of Adamkiewicz (white arrow), and anterior spinal artery (arrowhead). DAA = dissecting aortic aneurysm.