What Does a Pulsating Vein in the Temple Indicate?

What Does a Pulsating Vein in the Temple Indicate?

1. Introduction A pulsating vessel in the temple typically indicates a benign physiological response to increased cardiac output from physical exertion or acute stress, but it can also be a primary clinical sign of temporal arteritis, a serious vascular inflammation. While patients commonly refer to this phenomenon as a pulsating vein, it is anatomically the … Read more