Persistent sciatic artery presenting as an acutely ischemic limb

Mohammed Firdouse, MD; Sylvie Bowden, BScN; Sebastian Mafeld, MD; Eric Salomon, BSc; Thomas Lindsay, MD

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques (Jun 2021)

Persistent sciatic artery presenting as an acutely ischemic limb

Mohammed Firdouse, MD,
Sylvie Bowden, BScN,
Sebastian Mafeld, MD,
Eric Salomon, BSc,
Thomas Lindsay, MD

Affiliations

Mohammed Firdouse, MD: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sylvie Bowden, BScN: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sebastian Mafeld, MD: Department Medical Imaging, University Health Network and Department of Radiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Eric Salomon, BSc: Department Medical Imaging, University Health Network and Department of Radiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Thomas Lindsay, MD: Division of Vascular Surgery, University Health Network and Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Correspondence: Thomas Lindsay, MD, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, 200 Elizabeth St, EN 6-228, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 2
pp. 302 – 306

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Persistent sciatic artery (PSA) is an extremely rare vascular phenomenon, with a prevalence of 0.025% to 0.04% in the general population. We present the case of a 72-year-old man with a thrombus-containing PSA aneurysm that caused embolic acute limb ischemia. We also discussed the PSA classification systems, common presentations, rarity of the pathology, and high rates of severe complications.

Published in Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques

ISSN: 2468-4287 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery; Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-vascular-surgery-cases-innovations-and-techniques

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