Arteriovenous malformation arising on persistent sciatic vessels.
BACKGROUND
A persistent sciatic artery is a rare congenital anomaly, and an arteriovenous malformation arising on persistent sciatic vessels is extremely rare.


METHODS
This report presents the case of a 30-year-old female with persistent sciatic vessels complicated with an arteriovenous malformation in the right buttock. It was surgically inaccessible, and a three-staged transcatheter embolization using 20% N-butyl-cyanoacrylate/80% lipiodol was performed.


RESULTS
The arteriovenous malformation was shown to have been extinguished by multidetector computed tomography.


CONCLUSIONS
This report presents the first case of persistent sciatic vessels complicated with an arteriovenous malformation treated by transcatheter embolization.
Kuma
Sosei
S
Department of Vascular Surgery, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu 802-8555, Japan. kumasosei@yahoo.co.jp
Mii
Shinsuke
S
Masaki
Ichiro
I
Koike
Makiko
M
Nakahara
Ichiro
I
D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D002081:Buttocks / Q000098:blood supply*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D004659:Enbucrilate / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007459:Iodized Oil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000098:blood supply*; D014014:Tissue Adhesives / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D014014:Tissue Adhesives; D007459:Iodized Oil; D004659:Enbucrilate