Bilateral persistent sciatic arteries with unilateral complicating aneurysm

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 426-428

  Aziz, M E ^a   Yusof, N R N ^b   Abdullah, M S ^a   Yusof, A H ^a   Yusof, Mohd Imran ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b General Hospital Kota Bharu   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Embryological vascular variant; Persistent sciatic artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; KNEE AMPUTATION; LEG ANGIOGRAPHY; LEG ISCHEMIA; LEG PAIN; MALE; PARESTHESIA; PERSISTENT SCIATIC ARTERY; POPLITEAL ARTERY; RARE DISEASE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; STENT; THROMBOGENESIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ANEURYSM; ARTERIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; PAIN;

EID: 23244443901     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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