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Original Article
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Korean J Med. 2009;77(1):124-127.
- 경부 종물로 발현된 원발성 경정맥류
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김정은, 이왕수, 조은정, 김상욱, 김치정
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- Primary jugular venous ectasia: A rare cause of neck mass
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Jung Eun Kim, Wang-Soo Lee, Eun Jeong Cho, Sang-Wook Kim, Chee Jeong Kim
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- Abstract
- Venous ectasia, also called phlebectasia or venous aneurysm, is an isolated saccular or fusiform dilatation of a vein. Ectasia of the internal jugular vein was once considered rare, but is increasing in apparent frequency due to the wide use of noninvasive diagnostic modalities. A 57-year-old woman was referred for right neck discomfort that had developed 1 month earlier. She complained of a non-painful right neck swelling, located anteromedial to the sternocleidomastoid muscle. Computed tomography and color Doppler ultrasonography showed a 2×1.7-cm right internal jugular venous ectasia. The size of the jugular venous ectasia decreased after compression with a probe and increased during the Valsalva maneuver. Here, we report the first Korean case of primary internal jugular venous ectasia, which presented as an asymptomatic right neck swelling. (Korean J Med 77:124-127, 2009)
Keywords :Aneurysm, Dilatation, Jugular veins, Neck
