Spontaneous nonpulsatile aneurysm of the superficial temporal artery mimicking a subcutaneous mass lesion.
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.
Institute of Neurological Sciences and Psychiatry and †Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. gbozkurtmd@yahoo.com
Gokhan
G
Bozkurt
Selim
S
Ayhan
Nazli
N
Cakici
Ozgur
O
Celik
Ibrahim M
IM
Ziyal
D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013699:Temporal Arteries / Q000601:surgery*