Surgical Treatment of Spontaneous Superficial Temporal Artery Arteriovenous Malformation: A Case Report

Leslie R. Elmore; Christopher Esper; Andrei I. Gritsiuta; Jorge Lara-Gutierrez; Patrick Downs; Jon Henwood

doi:10.12659/AJCR.942839

31 March 2024 : Case report USA

Surgical Treatment of Spontaneous Superficial Temporal Artery Arteriovenous Malformation: A Case Report

Challenging differential diagnosis, Rare disease, Congenital defects / diseases

Leslie R. Elmore^1ABEF*, Christopher Esper^1E, Andrei I. Gritsiuta

^1E, Jorge Lara-Gutierrez^1E, Patrick Downs^1E, Jon Henwood^1E

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.942839

Am J Case Rep 2024; 25:e942839

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Table 1. Summary of 37 spontaneous superficial temporal artery arteriovenous malformations including laterality, treatment, recurrence at follow-up, and additional intervention if recurrence occurred.

Author	STA laterality	Treatment	Recurrence	If recurrence, second intervention
Yang []¹	Right	Embolization (balloon)	No	N/A
Yang []¹	Right	Embolization (balloon)	No	N/A
Yang []¹	Left	Lost to follow-up	No	N/A
Yang []¹	Left	Surgical excision	No	N/A
Yang []¹	Left	Surgical excision	No	N/A
Juan-Carpena []²	Left	Embolization (PHIL)	No	N/A
Li []³	Left	Embolization (coils and Onyx) and surgical excision	No	N/A
Li []³	Left	Embolization (coils and Onyx) and surgical excision	No	N/A
Yagi []⁴	Left	No treatment	N/A	N/A
Morandi []⁵	Left	Surgical excision	No	N/A
Matsushige []¹⁰	Right	Embolization (coils and gelatin) and surgical excision	No	N/A
Selleck []¹¹	Left	Ligation	Yes	Surgical excision (successful)
Komatsu []¹²	Right	Surgical excision	Unknown	N/A
Vasconez []¹²	Bilateral	Surgical excision	No	N/A
Yoneda []¹²	Right	Electrocautery	No	N/A
Waga []¹²	Right	Surgical excision	No	N/A
Tani []¹²	Right	Surgical excision	No	N/A
Irving []¹²	Right	Ligation	Yes	Surgical excision (successful)
Goya []¹²	Right	Surgical excision	No	N/A
Goya []¹²	Bilateral	Embolization ×2 (unknown methods)	Yes	Surgical excision (successful)
Schultz []¹²	Left	Ligation and surgical excision	No	N/A
Takahashi []¹²	Left	Surgical excision	No	N/A
Kim []¹⁴	Right	Embolization (NBCA and Lipiodol)	No	N/A
Chen []¹⁷	Right	Endovascular (NBCA and lipiodol)	No	N/A
Nishimura []²⁰	Right	Surgical excision	Unknown	N/A
Hendrix []²³	Left	Embolization (3% Sotradecol, contrast, Avitene)	No	N/A
Labropoulos []²⁵	Unknown	Endovascular (PVA)	Unknown	N/A
Labropoulos []²⁵	Unknown	Endovascular (coils and PVA)	No	N/A
Shimoda []²⁷	Bilateral	Embolization (Gelfoam pieces)	No	N/A
Shimoda []²⁷	Bilateral	Embolization (Gelfoam pieces)	Yes	Surgical excision (successful)
Shimoda []²⁷	Left	Embolization (Gelfoam pieces)	Yes	Surgical excision (successful)
Cross []²⁸	Left	Surgical excision	No	N/A
Mohanty []²⁹	Right	Ligation	Unknown	N/A
Kaufman []³⁰	Right	Embolization (balloons) and surgical excision	No	N/A
Kaufman []³⁰	Right	Embolization (balloons) and surgical excision	No	N/A
Takahashi []³¹	Unknown	Embolization ×2 (Gelfoam then Ivalon)	Yes	Surgical excision (successful)
Kuroki []³²	Left	Surgical excision	Unknown	N/A

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