Vol.97 No.7 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 97 No. 7 July 2004
A Case of Aneurysm of the Superficial Temporal Artery
Mirei Ito
(Shizuoka General Hospital)
Ryo Asato, Yasuyuki Hiratsuka, Haruto Ikeda,
Shinzo Tanaka and Juichi Ito
(Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine)
Hisayoshi Kojima
(Kojima Clinic)
Aneurysms of the superficial temporal artery are infrequent, and most of them are traumatic aneurysms located on the superior temporal line. We present a rare case of preauricular aneurysm of the superficial temporal artery. The patient was an 81-year-old woman who had a pulsating mass in the preauricular lesion. It was successfully removed by surgery. Histopathologically, it was suggested to be an aneurysm of the superficial temporal artery caused by atypical arteritis. She has not had active inflammatory findings, but follow-up is needed.
Key words : aneurysms, superficial temporal artery, arteritis