Introduction The venous drainage of head and neck is divided into superficial and deep jugular systems. The deep jugular system consists of internal jugular vein and the superficial system consists of external and anterior jugular vein. External jugular vein is formed by the union of the posterior division of retromandibular vein and the posterior auricular vein below the ear in the substance o...

Figure 1: The echo-colour doppler and CT show the complications of an extreme endovascular treatment. (A) Occlusion of the right jugular vein, patency of the trunk of the brachiocephalic and subclavian vein and thrombosis of the left jugular vein and the brachiocephalic trunk with residual stenosis of 70%. (B) The extreme treatment and endovascular stenting (CT view). (C) Occlusion of the right...

Introduction: Internal jugular vein ectasia is a condition in which there is a dilatation of the internal jugular vein. A patient usually presents in the first decade with swelling in the neck, which aggravates in size while straining or coughing. This is a very rare condition and the chances of misdiagnosis are quite high. It is diagnosed by proper history taking, examination, and radiol...

a 30-year-old female with end-stage renal disease was a candidate for dual lumen catheter placement. after catheter insertion, o2 saturation measurement of the aspirated blood from the catheter was similar to that of arterial blood. they referred the patient to our hospital after 48 hours. diagnostic procedures revealed that the tip of the catheter had entered the pleural cavity. catheter remov...

central venous catheterization (cvc) is a commonly performed procedure for venous access. it is associated with several complications. we report a rare case of extra luminal entrapment of guide wire during cvc placement in right jugular vein. we report a case of 28 years old female patient presented in our emergency with history of entrapped guide wire in right side of neck during cvc. x-ray sh...

Superficial veins of the head and neck are utilised for central venous cannulation, oral reconstruction and parenteral nutrition in debilitated patients. Clinical and sonological examinations of these veins may provide clues toward underlying cardiac pathology. Hence, although variations in these vessels are common, a sound knowledge of such variations becomes clinically important to surgeons, ...

OBJECTIVE To report a technique for surgical treatment of septic jugular thrombophlebitis unresponsive to medical treatment. STUDY DESIGN Case series. ANIMALS Horses (n=9) with septic jugular thrombophlebitis unresponsive to medical treatment. METHODS Jugular vein thrombectomy was performed under standing sedation and local anesthesia. The contents of the affected portion of vein were rem...

Venous aneurysms of the jugular vein are one of the rare causes of neck swelling, and primary venous aneurysms of the external jugular vein are extremely rare. A 46-year-old woman presented with a painless and suddenly growing mass in the left neck. A computed tomography angiography revealed a fusiform venous aneurysm of the external jugular vein containing intraluminal thrombus. We performed r...

External jugular vein thrombosis is a rare vascular event which may lead fatal complication such as sepsis and pulmonary embolism. Its relation to the visceral solid tumor as an etiologic factor has been established well. Although external jugular vein thrombosis may be seen in malignancy, it is unusual to see as a sign of breast cancer. Most of the external jugular vein thrombosis occurs secon...