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Date Published: 28/07/2022
Online Published: 07/09/2022
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.47972/vjcts.v38i.781
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Vol. 38
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Research Article
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Giang, N. T., Trung, N. N., Hanh, L. B. ., Kien, N. T., Thu, P. V. H., Hung, T. D., & Thang, V. D. (2022). Persistent Sciatic Artery: A Case Report. The Vietnam Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 38, 12-15. https://doi.org/10.47972/vjcts.v38i.781

Persistent Sciatic Artery: A Case Report

Nguyen Truong Giang, Nguyen Ngoc Trung, Le Ba Hanh, Nguyen The Kien, Pham Vu Ha Thu, Tran Duc Hung, Vu Duc Thang

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Abstract

Persistent sciatic artery (PSA) is a very rare congenital vascular anomaly, occurs in 0.025% to 0.04% of the population, and occasionally associated with thromboembolic events or aneurismal diseases. We herein share experience of diagnosis and successful treatment of a Vietnamese patient with PSA complicated with distal thromboembolism. A 70-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital for acute lower limb ischemia. A computed tomography angiography (CTA) revealed complete occlusion of the left common iliac artery. Surgical embolectomy was carried out and abnormal distal left femoral artery was noted intraoperatively. Postoperative CTA showed a persistent sciatic artery (PSA) on the left and adequate perfusion of the left lower limb. During 2 years follow-up, the patient remained symptom-free with good perfusion to the distal left popliteal artery, anterior and posterior tibial arteries.

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Persistent sciatic artery, Thromboembolism, Computed Tomography, Lower limb

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