Aneurysm of the superficial temporal artery is rare. We reviewed seven cases of aneurysm of the superficial temporal artery, which were confirmed surgically and angiographically. The results were as follows: The most common site of aneurysm was left superficial temporal artery, major feeding artery was anterior branch of superficial temporal artery, mean diameter was 7.8mm×12.6mm, and all aneurysms showed lobulated margin with intraluminal filling defects.
Aneurysm* ; Arteries ; Temporal Arteries*

Pseudoaneurysm, or false aneurysm, rarely presents as a cause of facial tumor. Among the cases of pseudoaneurysm reported in the world literature, more than 75% have been of a traumatic origin. Pseudoaneurysm most frequently arises in the superficial temporal artery, but the pseudoaneurysm of our present case arose in the supraorbital artery, and this type of presentation has been only rarely reported on. The most typical clinical findings consist of a tender, growing, pulsating nodule. We report here on a case of pseudoaneurysm that was due to trauma, and the tumor was pulseless. This lesion was treated with percutaneous glue embolization.
Adhesives ; Aneurysm, False ; Arteries ; Temporal Arteries

Since Winslow and Edwards24) reviewed 20 cases of the arteriovenous fistulas involving temporal artery described in the world wide literatures up to 1934, several authors have added the cases sporadically, but the arteriovenous fistula of the superficial temporal artery is unusual to the head and neck surgeons. Recently we experienced one case of huge traumatic arteriovenous fistula involving the superficial temporal artery and present it here.
Arteriovenous Fistula* ; Head ; Neck ; Temporal Arteries*

Pseudoaneurysm of superficial temporal artery is very uncommon aneurysm occuring mainly in the anterior branch of the superficial temporal artery, and most of them are caused by head trauma. We experienced three cases of superficial temporal artery pseudoaneurysm caused by blunt, compressive trauma. A thorough review of the literature is presented.
Aneurysm ; Aneurysm, False* ; Craniocerebral Trauma ; Temporal Arteries*

Pseudoaneurysm arising from the superficial temporal artery (STA) is a rare and potentially critical cause of palpable mass. Most pseudoaneurysms form as a result of blunt trauma and present as painless, pulsatile mass that may be associated with pathologic finding and enlarged size. We report a rare case of pseudoaneurysm arising from STA caused by blunt injury and diagnosed by 3-dimensional computed tomography (CT) angiography.
Aneurysm, False ; Angiography ; Temporal Arteries ; Wounds, Nonpenetrating

No abstract available.
Humans ; Prader-Willi Syndrome ; Temporal Arteries

Traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the superficial temporal artery (STA) is an uncommon lesion and resection of the lesion is the treatment of choice. Three patients with traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the STA treated with only manual compression of the lesions were examined for this study. We report on an effective and safe minimally invasive technique for treatment of traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the STA.
Aneurysm, False* ; Humans ; Scalp ; Temporal Arteries*

Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is a segmental nonatheromatous and noninflammatory angiopathy of unknown cause. Despite the unknown origin Of FMD, it has been recognized in the extracranial internal cartid, vertebral, and intracranial arteries. Usually the diagonsis of FMD has been done by angiographic findings, and pathologically proven cases are very rare. We report 2 patients who had suffered from hemicranial pain and ipsilateral ama-urosis figax, and whose initial laboratory evaluations revealed high ESR. The biopsy was done in the temporal artery under the impression of the temporal arteritis, which showed the findings of the fibromuscular dysplasia.
Arteries ; Biopsy ; Fibromuscular Dysplasia* ; Giant Cell Arteritis ; Humans ; Temporal Arteries

The anatomy of the superficial temporal vessels and the auriculotemporal nerve is important when harvesting various skin flaps in the temporal region. But Anatomy textbooks describe only one pattern of topographical relationship between these structures. A total of 65 Korean cadavers with 121 sides were used. We examined the topographical relationship between the superficial temporal artery and vein and the auriculotemporal nerve. And the bifurcating location of the superficial temporal artery and its distance from the lamina tragi were measured. The running patterns of the superficial temporal vessels were classified into 4 types according to their distance from each other and their parallelism. The artery and vein run parallel to each other in 61.2%. The running patterns of the superficial temporal vessels were classified into 5 types according to their anterior and posterior relationship. The artery runs anterior to the vein in most of the cases (72.7%). The topographic relationships of the auriculotemporal nerve and the superficial temporal vessels were classified into 6 types according to their anterior, posterior, superficial or deep position. In this classification, the relationship between the artery and the vein was not considered. The frequencies of 6 types were within 10~20%. The bifurcation of the artery occurred above the zygomatic arch in 85.3%. The superficial temporal artery ran 5.1 mm anterior to the tragus.
Arteries ; Cadaver ; Classification ; Running ; Skin ; Temporal Arteries ; Veins ; Zygoma

Superficial temporal artery (STA) based pedicled fascial flap plays a pivotal role in ear reconstruction for microtia patients. There is paucity of literature on the anatomy of the STA in microtia patients. The present study aimed to describe any possible anatomical variations seen in the STA of patients afflicted with microtia. Pre-operative carotid computer tomographic angiography images of patients under the microtia database of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit at a tertiary medical centre were selected and 3-dimensionally reconstructed. Measurements were made on the 3D reconstructed computed tomographic angiography images of the STA on both the sides of the microtic ear and the non-microtic ear to assess its various anatomical parameters. We managed to obtain a total of 39 computed tomographic angiography images of STAs for analysis. There was a significant difference in the number of main branches of STA between the two groups (P=0.006). The proportion of ears with 2 main branches was higher in the non-microtia group (89.5%) compared to the microtia group (45.0%). A significant difference was found in the STA diameter between the two groups (P=0.012). The mean diameter of STA in the non-microtia group was larger by 0.4 mm. Furthermore, the median angle of STA was larger on the side of the non-microtic ears compared to that of microtic ears by 24.5°, with a P-value of 0.011. The results of the study may be of clinical importance while planning and performing ear reconstructive surgeries using STA based pedicled fascial flaps.
Angiography ; Congenital Microtia* ; Ear ; Humans ; Plastics ; Temporal Arteries*