J Korean Pediatr Soc.
2002 Aug;45(8):1043-1047.
Three Cases of Internal Jugular Phlebectasia
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Pediatrics, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea. gkid@netsgo.com
Abstract
- Phlebectasia is an abnormal dilatation of an isolated vein and a rare venous anomaly and is usually asymptomatic. Clinically internal jugular phlebectasia is a self limited benign condition and usually no treatment is required after initial diagnosis. So suspection of this disease and appropriate diagnostic approaches are essential to avoid unnecessary surgical intervention. We present three cases of internal jugular phlebectasia of which diagnosis was made by neck sonography and CT.
