Spontaneous Nonpulsatile Aneurysm of the Superficial Temporal Artery Mimicking a Subcutaneous Mass Lesion

Bozkurt G., Ayhan S., Cakici N., ÇELİK Ö. , Ziyal I. M.

JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY, cilt.22, sa.1, ss.371-372, 2011 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi) identifier identifier identifier

  • Cilt numarası: 22 Konu: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1097/scs.0b013e3181f814b6
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.371-372

Özet

True superficial temporal artery (STA) aneurysms are extremely rare and usually atherosclerotic in origin. Here the authors report a 62-year-old man with a nonpulsatile mass lesion at the trace of the right STA that was surgically excised with a preoperative diagnosis of subcutaneous mass lesion, preoperatively and histopathologically found out to be a thrombosed true STA aneurysm. Preoperative evaluation, differential diagnosis, and management of such lesions are discussed.