title: Arteriovenous malformation arising on persistent sciatic vessels.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu 802-8555, Japan. kumasosei@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Sosei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuma
authors.forename: Shinsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mii
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Masaki
authors.forename: Makiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koike
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nakahara
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D014014:Tissue Adhesives; D007459:Iodized Oil; D004659:Enbucrilate