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Abstract
The differential diagnoses for preauricular swellings include dermoid cyst, lymph nodes, lipoma, nerve sheath tumours, parotid swelling, mastoiditis, vascular malformations and arterio-venous fistulas aneurysms/pseudoaneurysms. Superficial temporal artery pseudoaneurysm(s) (STAPA) are rare (1% of all aneurysms) vascular complications, which occur following a blunt injury of the head or iatrogenic causes. The use of anticoagulation therapy increases the risk of pseudoaneurysm formation. We present a case of traumatic STAPA while on oral anticoagulation. He was treated with surgical exploration, STAPA excision with ligation of the vessel. He had an uneventful recovery with a good functional and cosmetic outcome at 1 year.
- valvar diseases
- radiology (diagnostics)
- drug therapy related to surgery
- warfarin therapy
- vascular surgery
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Contributors DH: concept, literature search, manuscript preparation and guarantor. AAK: concept, literature search, manuscript preparation, editing/ review and guarantor. SA: manuscript review and guarantor.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
Patient consent for publication Obtained.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.