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ArticleJournal of neurosurgery. Case lessons2023

Enlarging traumatic superficial temporal artery pseudoaneurysm from a lacrosse ball injury: illustrative case.

Kristina F Terrani, Anthony M Avellino, M Michael Bercu

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Article in Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Delayed presentation of a giant temporal artery pseudoaneurysm.Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kristina F Terrani1College of Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
Anthony M Avellino1College of Medicine, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
M Michael Bercu3Department of Pediatric and Functional Neurosurgery, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Banner - University Medical Center Tucson · USCorewell Health Blodgett Hospital · USUniversity of Arizona · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe development of a mobile, growing, pulsatile mass after blunt head trauma to the forehead area, resulting in a superficial temporal artery pseudoaneurysm, is a very rare outcome. Most pseudoaneurysms are diagnosed with ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), and/or magnetic resonance imaging and treated via resection or, occasionally, embolization. OBSERVATIONS: The authors describe a case of a young male lacrosse player who presented with a bulging, partially pulsatile mass in the right forehead region 2 months after trauma from a high-velocity ball striking his head while helmeted. The authors reviewed 12 patients in the literature and describe each patient's epidemiological features, nature of the trauma, and onset of the lesion after the trauma, as well as the diagnostic methods and treatments for each case. LESSONS: Overall, CT and ultrasound appear to be the easiest and most used methods of diagnosis, and resection under general anesthesia is the most common treatment method.

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painlesspulsatilesuperficial temporal artery pseudoaneurysmtrauma

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PMID37334969
PMCPMC10550658
OpenAlexW4380480796

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