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Aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC) is a vascular benign bony expansile lesion. The treatment is gross total resection. Surgery for a skull base aneurysmal bone cyst poses a significant challenge because of its vascularity and the adjacent neurovascular structures. We present the case of a young male with a temporal aneurysmal bone cyst who underwent gross total resection of the lesion. The external carotid artery (ECA) was temporarily clamped to cut off the vascular supply. There was no intraoperative event, and the patient made a good postoperative clinical recovery. This technique was used as an alternative to subselective endovascular embolization of the ECA branches. This case represents a simple yet cost-effective surgical technique to control bleeding for a highly vascular lesion such as ABCs, especially in resource-deficient countries.
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Harsimrat Bir Singh Sodhi: Collection of data and manuscript drafting.
Pravin Salunke: Concept and design, collection of data, manuscript drafting, and reviewing.
Parimal Agrawal: Collection of data and manuscript drafting.
Kirti Gupta: Collection of data and manuscript drafting.
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Sodhi, H.B.S., Salunke, P., Agrawal, P. et al. Temporal aneurysmal bone cyst: cost-effective method to achieve gross total resection. Acta Neurochir 158, 1633–1635 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-016-2879-0
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