Abstract:The authors report a case of persistent sciatic artery aneurysm, which is a rare vascular congenital disease that occurs when the femoral system fails to develop or when the primitive vascular system fails to involute during embryologic development. A 60-year-old male patient presented a painless and pulsatile buttock mass for 4 months. He had no history of external trauma. Complementary tests demonstrated an incomplete and unilateral persistent sciatic artery aneurysm. The patient was submitted to proximal an… Show more
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