BILATERAL PERSISTENT SCIATIC ARTERY: A CASE REPORT OF A RARE VARIANT WITH CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS
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https://doi.org/10.48750/acv.193Keywords:
Persistent sciatic artery, anatomic variants, aneurysm, lower extremity, CT-AngiographyAbstract
Although rare, the persistence of a sciatic artery is a clinically significant vascular variant, since it is often associated with complications such as aneurysm formation, thrombosis and ischaemia. We present the case of a patient with signs of subacute ischaemia on the right lower limb and a pulsatile mass in the right inferior gluteal region. CT angiography revealed a bilateral persistent sciatic artery (PSA) complicated by aneurysm formation and embolization of distal popliteal artery. Treatment included a femoro-popliteal bypass, ligation of the popliteal artery above the anastomosis and embolization of the aneurysmal lesion.
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Cartocci, L. Bertaccini, V. Noce, M. Antonietta Pacilé, and C. Catalano,
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(complete and incomplete) type causing leg ischemia.,” Case
Rep. Vasc. Med., vol. 2012, p. 196798, 2012.
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review of literature and attempt of systemization,” Surg. Radiol.
Anat., vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 105–109, 1994.
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approach for the treatment of persistent sciatic artery aneurysms,”
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2017-10-01
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Moura Rodrigues TA, Ramalho M, Ferreira T, Ministro A, Leitão J. BILATERAL PERSISTENT SCIATIC ARTERY: A CASE REPORT OF A RARE VARIANT WITH CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS. Angiol Cir Vasc [Internet]. 2017 Oct. 1 [cited 2024 Nov. 23];13(3):55-8. Available from: https://acvjournal.com/index.php/acv/article/view/193
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