Bilateral persistent sciatic artery in a 77-year-old woman: A case report

Rare vascular anomaly, the persistent sciatic artery (PSA) has an extremely low incidence, likely 0.04%-0.06%. This vessel is prone to thrombosis, distal thromboembolization, rupture, and aneurysmal formation, while its symptoms can vary considerably, from completely asymptomatic pictures to cases w...

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Autores principales: Meo, R. Di, Petrillo, M., Ianniello, A., Carrafiello, G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7788492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33437346
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2020.12.057
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author Meo, R. Di
Petrillo, M.
Ianniello, A.
Carrafiello, G.
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description Rare vascular anomaly, the persistent sciatic artery (PSA) has an extremely low incidence, likely 0.04%-0.06%. This vessel is prone to thrombosis, distal thromboembolization, rupture, and aneurysmal formation, while its symptoms can vary considerably, from completely asymptomatic pictures to cases with pain, claudication or ischemia of the lower limbs. It is essential to diagnose this anomaly in time, in order to avoid dangerous complications for the patient's life. The main methods of diagnosis are given by vascular ultrasound, CT, or MRI. Here we present a case of a bilateral PSA diagnosed in a 77-year-old woman as an incidental finding in angio-CT of the lower limbs.
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spelling pubmed-77884922021-01-11 Bilateral persistent sciatic artery in a 77-year-old woman: A case report Meo, R. Di Petrillo, M. Ianniello, A. Carrafiello, G. Radiol Case Rep Case Report Rare vascular anomaly, the persistent sciatic artery (PSA) has an extremely low incidence, likely 0.04%-0.06%. This vessel is prone to thrombosis, distal thromboembolization, rupture, and aneurysmal formation, while its symptoms can vary considerably, from completely asymptomatic pictures to cases with pain, claudication or ischemia of the lower limbs. It is essential to diagnose this anomaly in time, in order to avoid dangerous complications for the patient's life. The main methods of diagnosis are given by vascular ultrasound, CT, or MRI. Here we present a case of a bilateral PSA diagnosed in a 77-year-old woman as an incidental finding in angio-CT of the lower limbs. Elsevier 2021-01-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7788492/ /pubmed/33437346 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2020.12.057 Text en © 2021 Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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