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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2015; 10(02): 63-65
DOI: 10.4103/1793-5482.154870
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Superficial temporal artery pseudoaneurysm presenting as extradural hematoma: A case report and review of literature

Hassan Madhusudan
Department of Neurosciences, Sagar Hospitals, Bengaluru, Karnataka
,
Naveen Krishnamoorthy
1   Department of Pathology, Health Care Global Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka
,
Praveen Suresh
Department of Neurosciences, Sagar Hospitals, Bengaluru, Karnataka
,
Venugopal Subramaniam
Department of Neurosciences, Sagar Hospitals, Bengaluru, Karnataka
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Superficial temporal artery (STA) pseudoaneurysm after a craniotomy is very rare with only nine cases reported in the literature. However, no cases have been reported in the literature about this entity presenting as an emergency in the form of extradural hematoma (EDH). This case being one of the rare ones and is also unique wherein the indication for craniotomy being intracranial tuberculoma that is not yet reported in the literature. We report the first case of a postcraniotomy STA pseudoaneurysm induced EDH following craniotomy for intracranial tuberculoma.

Key-words:

Extradural hematoma - pseudoaneurysm - superficial temporal artery - tuberculoma


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