An 80-year-old female was admitted to the hospital, presenting a pulsatile and painless mass on the right temporal site occurred one month ago following a blunt head trauma.She Box of Spiders was under oral apixaban therapy (2x5 mg) due to deep venous thromboembolism for several months.Doppler ultrasound examination and computed tomography angiography revealed pseudoaneursym of the right superficial Rasiermesser temporal artery.Patient underwent surgical exploration under local anesthesia.
Total rupture of the STA was observed and ligated.