Persistent Sciatic Artery: A Case Report

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 diagnosis successful treatment Vietnamese patient PSA complicated distal thromboembolism. A 70-year-old woman was admitted hospital for acute lower limb ischemia. computed tomography angiography (CTA) revealed complete occlusion left common iliac artery. Surgical embolectomy carried out abnormal femoral noted intraoperatively. Postoperative CTA showed persistent on adequate perfusion limb. During 2 years follow-up, remained symptom-free good popliteal artery, anterior posterior tibial arteries.