Persistence of the Sciatic Artery: A Case Report of a Combined (Complete and Incomplete) Type Causing Leg Ischemia

Beatrice Cavallo Marincola; Alessandro Napoli; Michele Anzidei; Eugenio Marotta; Fabrizio Boni; Gaia Cartocci; Luca Bertaccini; Vincenzo Noce; Maria Antonietta Pacilé; Carlo Catalano

doi:10.1155/2012/196798

Case Reports in Vascular Medicine (Jan 2012)

Persistence of the Sciatic Artery: A Case Report of a Combined (Complete and Incomplete) Type Causing Leg Ischemia

Beatrice Cavallo Marincola,
Alessandro Napoli,
Michele Anzidei,
Eugenio Marotta,
Fabrizio Boni,
Gaia Cartocci,
Luca Bertaccini,
Vincenzo Noce,
Maria Antonietta Pacilé,
Carlo Catalano

Affiliations

Beatrice Cavallo Marincola: Department of Radiological, Oncological and Anatomo-Pathological Sciences, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena, 324-00161 Rome, Italy
Alessandro Napoli: Department of Radiological, Oncological and Anatomo-Pathological Sciences, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena, 324-00161 Rome, Italy
Michele Anzidei: Department of Radiological, Oncological and Anatomo-Pathological Sciences, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena, 324-00161 Rome, Italy
Eugenio Marotta: Department of Radiological, Oncological and Anatomo-Pathological Sciences, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena, 324-00161 Rome, Italy
Fabrizio Boni: Department of Radiological, Oncological and Anatomo-Pathological Sciences, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena, 324-00161 Rome, Italy
Gaia Cartocci: Department of Radiological, Oncological and Anatomo-Pathological Sciences, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena, 324-00161 Rome, Italy
Luca Bertaccini: Department of Radiological, Oncological and Anatomo-Pathological Sciences, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena, 324-00161 Rome, Italy
Vincenzo Noce: Department of Radiological, Oncological and Anatomo-Pathological Sciences, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena, 324-00161 Rome, Italy
Maria Antonietta Pacilé: Department of Surgical Sciences “F. Durante”, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena, 324-00161 Rome, Italy
Carlo Catalano: Department of Radiological, Oncological and Anatomo-Pathological Sciences, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena, 324-00161 Rome, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/196798
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2012

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Persistent sciatic artery is a very uncommon embryologic vascular variant, with a prevalence of 0.05% based on angiographic studies. Two different types of this anomaly can occur, complete or incomplete, on the basis of the relationship between sciatic artery and femoral artery. Although many of these patients are asymptomatic, it may represent a threat to the viability of the lower extremity because of atherosclerotic degeneration resulting in aneurysmal dilatation, occlusive thrombosis, or embolic phenomena with distal complication. We present a case of a 64-year-old man with combined, complete and incomplete, type of persistent sciatic artery causing ischemic ulcer of the first toe.

Published in Case Reports in Vascular Medicine

ISSN: 2090-6986 (Print); 2090-6994 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1539

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