Alliez A, Gay A-M, Prost C, Legre R
Service de chirurgie de la main et de chirurgie plastique et réparatrice des membres, hôpital de la Conception, centre hospitalo-universitaire de Marseille, 147 boulevard Baille, Marseille, France.
Ann Chir Plast Esthet. 2013 Aug;58(4):336-41. doi: 10.1016/j.anplas.2013.03.003. Epub 2013 Apr 10.
The persistent sciatic artery is a rare cause of painful buttock mass with L5-S1 radicular signs. A 56-year-old man presents a right painful buttock mass with L5-S1 radicular symptoms for 3 years. The surgical exploration found a pulsatile vascular mass like a persistent sciatic artery aneurysm. This vascular pathology is a misunderstood embryogenesis anomaly. The treatment aims to avoid serious complications. This pathology must be known from plastic surgeon.