An Incidental Finding Of A Persistent Sciatic Artery – Case Report And Literature Review

Authors

  • Celso Nunes Trainee in Vascular Surgery Department, at Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5928-3496
  • Juliana Sousa Vascular Surgeon, at Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Portugal
  • João O'Neill Pedrosa Vascular and Cardiothoracic Theather Nurse, at Hospital da Luz, Lisboa, Portugal
  • Vânia Oliveira Trainee in Vascular Surgery Department, at Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Portugal
  • Eduardo Silva Trainee in Vascular Surgery Department, at Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Portugal
  • Leonor Baldaia Trainee in Vascular Surgery Department, at Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9979-8646
  • Miguel Silva Trainee in Vascular Surgery Department, at Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Portugal
  • Luís Antunes Vascular Surgeon, at Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6237-7354

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48729/pjctvs.370

Keywords:

Persistant sciatic artery, sciatic artery aneurysm, vascular embryological development, acute ischemia

Abstract

Persistent sciatic artery is a rare anatomic variation due to the lack of regression during fetal development, associated sometimes with abnormalities of the iliofemoral arterial axis and predisposing the patients to aneurysm formation and thromboembolism, which can compromise the limb. In our department, we assisted a 59-year-old male with an acute limb ischemia as result of an incidental finding of a thrombosed persistent sciatic artery aneurysm.

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11-10-2023

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Nunes C, Sousa J, O’Neill Pedrosa J, Oliveira V, Silva E, Baldaia L, Silva M, Antunes L. An Incidental Finding Of A Persistent Sciatic Artery – Case Report And Literature Review. Rev Port Cir Cardiotorac Vasc [Internet]. 2023 Oct. 11 [cited 2024 Dec. 4];30(3):67-70. Available from: https://pjctvs.com/index.php/journal/article/view/370

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