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Persistent sciatic artery is a rare but potentially significant vascular anomaly that is associated with a high incidence of aneurysm formation and limb-threating ischemic complications. The diagnosis of persistent sciatic artery has usually been made by conventional angiography. We report a case of occluded and patent persistent sciatic arteries in which multidetector-row computed tomographic angiography allowed a definitive diagnosis of this rare vascular condition.
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Hayashi, H., Yoshihara, H., Takagi, R. et al. Minimally invasive diagnosis of persistent sciatic artery by multidetector-row computed tomographic angiography. Heart Vessels 21, 267–269 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00380-005-0877-x
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