Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 2 , Pages 172-175 , February 2010

MRI findings of persistent sciatic artery associated with pelvic infantile hemangioma

  • M.F. Kircher

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Current address: Stanford University Hospital & Clinics, Department of Radiology, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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  • E.Y. Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Division, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: Department of Radiology and Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Division, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115, USA. Tel.: +1 314 255 3340.
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  • A.I. Alomari

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Received 20 May 2009 ,Revised 14 July 2009 ,Accepted 27 July 2009.

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PII: S0009-9260(09)00386-9

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2009.07.017

Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 2 , Pages 172-175 , February 2010

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