Erschienen in:
01.06.2012 | Correspondence
Aneurysm of the Superficial Temporal Artery
Case Report and Review
verfasst von:
H. M. Samarage, P. K. Sharma, R. B. R. Nair
Erschienen in:
Clinical Neuroradiology
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Ausgabe 2/2012
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Excerpt
Aneurysms of the superficial temporal artery (STA) are generally rare occurrences compared to intracranial aneurysms. Originally described by Bartholin in 1740 [
1] aneurysms of the STA are broadly of two kinds: pseudoaneurysms account for the majority of reports in the literature by far numbering around 400 whilst true aneurysms involving all 3 layers of the arterial wall account for the rest numbering around 15 [
1‐
3]. …