CASE REPORT   

Chirurgia 2021 April;34(2):82-5

DOI: 10.23736/S0394-9508.19.04998-2

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language: English

Surgical management of traumatic superficial temporal artery pseudoaneurysm

Sthefano ATIQUE GABRIEL ✉, Camila BAUMANN BETELI, Josi A. VASCONCELOS SANTOS, Marina A. JACINTHO de MELLO, Juliane EROLES CASSILLAS, Luiza ROSSONI, Danielle FERREIRA VOSS, Isabela PACHECO de ARRUDA RIBEIRO

Section of Vascular Surgery, Department of Medicine, Advanced Research Center in Medicine, Unilago School of Medicine, União das Faculdades dos Grandes Lagos, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil

Superficial temporal artery (STA) pseudoaneurysms are uncommon vascular lesions mainly associated to blunt head trauma. Although the diagnosis seems easily performed with medical history and physical examination, careful must be taken because their differential diagnosis is broad and may include lipoma, cyst, hematoma, abscess, angiofibroma and arteriovenous fistula. Although there is no established criteria regarding whether to treat or observe, surgical ligation and ressection of the aneurysmal segment is the treatment of choice for the great majority of surgeons. This report describes a case of traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the STA treated surgically.

KEY WORDS: Temporal arteries; Aneurysm, false; Injuries