Vol. 19 - Num. 73
Clinical Reviews
Phlebectasia of internal jugular vein
Jorge Lévano Vásqueza, Raquel Muñoz Muñizb, Ana Campos Segoviac, Alicia Martínez-Villasante Alemána, Begoña Arias Novasb
aMIR-Pediatría. Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Universitario Sanitas La Zarzuela. Madrid. España .
bServicio de Pediatría. Hospital Universitario Sanitas La Zarzuela. Madrid. España.
cMIR-Pediatría. Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Universitario Sanitas La Zarzuela. Madrid. España.
Correspondence: J Lévano. E-mail: jorgeademir.levano@salud.madrid.org
Reference of this article: Lévano Vásquez J, Muñoz Muñiz R, Campos Segovia A, Martínez-Villasante Alemán A, Arias Novas B. Phlebectasia of internal jugular vein. Rev Pediatr Aten Primaria. 2017;19:63-6.
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Abstract
Jugular vein phlebectasia is a congenital fusiform dilatation of the jugular vein that appears as a soft, compressible mass in the neck during straining or triggered by the Valsalva maneuver. We report the case of a patient of 6-years-old patient who came to the emergency room for a cervical tumor that increases in size with Valsalva maneuvers.
Keywords
● Cervical mass ● Internal jugular vein ● Phlebectasia ● Valsalva maneuver
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