Case Report

Persistence of the Sciatic Artery: A Case Report of a Combined (Complete and Incomplete) Type Causing Leg Ischemia

Figure 2

(a) Volume Rendering reconstruction of CT-A study. On the right side a large abnormal artery originates from a hypertrophic internal iliac artery and run along the gluteal region and the posterior thigh supplying the entire vascular axis of the leg (arrows). ((b)-(c)) The external iliac, the deep femoral and the superficial femoral arteries showed a slightly reduced caliber but no obstruction (arrowheads). (d) The circulation of calf and foot are regularly patent (arrowheads).
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