[Diagnostic image (292). A man with a pulsatile temporal swelling].
A 19-year-old man developed a pulsatile swelling in the left temporal area due to a false aneurysm of the superficial temporal artery, two weeks after a blunt trauma caused by a heading duel during a soccer match.
Wiendels
D R
DR
Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, afd Heelkunde, Leiden. drwiendels@hotmail.com
Poelhekke
L M S J
LM
D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012916:Soccer / Q000293:injuries*; D013699:Temporal Arteries; D016896:Treatment Outcome