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Bilateral persistent sciatic arteries in a japanese man

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During student dissecting practice, a rare developmental anomaly showing persistent sciatic artery (PSA) was found in the bilateral lower limbs of a 74-year-old Japanese male cadaver. The PSA was a continuation of the internal iliac artery on both sides, did not anastomose with the perforating arteries and ended by anastomosing with the popliteal artery on both sides. The course and distribution of the PSA were relatively consistent with previous reports. In the present case, however, the PSA and inferior gluteal arteries existed simultaneously on both sides, despite the general assumption that the inferior gluteal artery is a remnant of sciatic artery regression.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Fukuura 3-9, Kanazawa-ku, 236-0004, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

    Futoshi Yazama, Naohiro Hatori, Michio Ono & Hajime Sawada

  2. Department of Anatomy, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo

    Hiroyuki Kudoh

  3. Undergraduate Student, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama

    Suzu Imamura, Takuya Eda & Akane Endoh

  4. Department of Anatomy, Iwate Medical University, School of Medicine, Morioka, Japan

    Masaharu Horiguchi

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Yazama, F., Hatori, N., Kudoh, H. et al. Bilateral persistent sciatic arteries in a japanese man. Anato Sci Int 77, 128–133 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1046/j.0022-7722.2002.00003.x

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