title: Aneurysms of the superficial temporal artery: literature review and case reports.
abstract: Superficial temporal artery (STA) aneurysms are a medical rarity. There are less than 200 patients reported in the literature. The majority of cases are of traumatic etiology and occur in young men. The senior authors reported a case of STA aneurysm in 1978. We now review the literature and report on three additional patients with STA aneurysm and a fourth patient with a temporal lipoma that was diagnosed initially as an aneurysm. This is the first report of a preoperative diagnosis of STA aneurysm that subsequently proved incorrect.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Utah School of Medicine and Veterans Administration Medical Center, St. Marks, Salt Lake City 84124, USA.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Southwick
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017169:Neoplasms, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013699:Temporal Arteries; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery