Rare cause of absence of femoral arterial pulse: Bilateral common iliac artery hypoplasia

Abstract

Congenital anomaly of the iliac arteries is rare, and, given that patients are generally asymptomatic, diagnosis in the newborn period is difficult. Herein is presented the case of a newborn with bilateral hypoplasia of the common iliac arteries, seen on multi-slice computed tomography while investigating the absence of femoral pulse. This anomaly is a rare cause of absence of femoral arterial pulse.

Acute Ischemia of Lower Limbs Caused by Thrombosis of Persistent Sciatic Artery: Case Report

“…Clinically, congenital hypoplasia of the iliofemoral artery is very rare and usually found after autopsy or ischemic symptoms. 1,2 Complications with persistent sciatic artery (PSA) are often reported in patients with hypoplasia of the external iliac artery. 3 Such patients seek medical treatment mainly due to the formation of persistent sciatic aneurysm or aneurysm complicated with distal ischemia and are routinely surgically treated.…”

Preservation of internal iliac artery flow during endovascular aortic aneurysm repair in a patient with bilateral absence of common iliac artery

“…1 Some cases of congenital malformation of the iliac arteries have been reported in previous studies. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] However, the bilateral absence of the common iliac artery (CIA), characterized by an aorta terminating into two external iliac arteries (EIAs) and two internal iliac arteries (IIAs), has been described only twice and, then, only at autopsy. 10,11 Consequently, the management of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) associated with this vascular anomaly has never, to the best of our knowledge, been reported.…”