From: Thrombosed traumatic aneurysm of the occipital artery: a case report and review of the literature
Author/year | Age (years)/sex | Presentation/etiology | Procedure | Pathology | Follow-up |
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Yang et al., 2005 [4] | 85 F | Post-traumatic. At two weeks post-injury non-tender, non-pulsatile mass noted. Patient then presented two months later with scalp bleeding from mass eroding through skin. | Direct puncture embolization | No formal pathology | Resolution of symptoms. No recurrence at six months. |
Aquilina et al., 2005 [1] | 15 M | Post-traumatic. Painful, enlarging, pulsatile mass four weeks after injury with occipital headache. | Resection | Pseudoaneurysm | Postoperative resolution of symptoms. |
Tambasco et al., 2007 [5] | 68 F | Iatrogenic after deep brain stimulation lead tunneling. Painful pulsatile mass two weeks after surgery. | Endovascular embolization | No formal pathology | Non-pulsatile immediately after embolization. Mass disappeared in one month. |
Anan et al., 2008 [6] | 81 F | Post-traumatic. Two years after injury, incidentally discovered during workup of brain metastasis. | No intervention | Pathology unknown | Stable on angiography two years after incidental discovery. |
Patel et al., 2008 [7] | 85 F | Post-traumatic. Three weeks after injury, presented with pulsatile, firm, non-tender mass. | No intervention | Pathology unknown | Mass involuted during observation period. No recurrence at one year. |
John et al., 2009 [8] | 16 M | Post-traumatic. Painful, enlarging, pulsatile mass six months after injury. | Resection | Pseudoaneurysm | Resolution of symptoms. No recurrence at one year. |
Kanematsu et al., 2010 [9] | 48 M | Spontaneous, NF-1 associated. Patient presented with painful neck swelling and bleeding after rupture of spontaneous aneurysm of occipital artery. | Endovascular coil embolization | No formal pathology | Bleeding stopped by procedure. No recurrence at 28 months. |
39 M | Spontaneous, NF-1 associated. Patient presented with painful neck after rupture of spontaneous aneurysm of occipital artery. | Endovascular coil embolization | No formal pathology | No recurrence at six months. | |
Kim et al., 2010 [2] | 51 M | Spontaneous. Painless, pulsatile scalp mass in left occipital area; no history of trauma. | Resection | True aneurysm | Four months without radiographic evidence of recurrence. |
Kim et al., 2010 [10] | 36 M | Spontaneous. Pulsatile mass in right suboccipital region for one year with no history of trauma. | Resection | Pseudoaneurysm | Unknown. Follow-up not reported. |
Present case | 14 M | Post-traumatic. Non-pulsatile painless scalp mass at site of injury two months prior. Excised at four months due to persistence. | Resection | True aneurysm | Resolution of symptoms. No recurrence at 15 months. |