Eur J Pediatr Surg 1993; 3(01): 46-47
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1063507
Case report

Jugular Phlebectasia in Children

E. Balik
1   Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Bornova, İzmir, Turkey
,
A. Erdener
1   Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Bornova, İzmir, Turkey
,
C. Taneli
1   Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Bornova, İzmir, Turkey
,
A. Mevsim
1   Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Bornova, İzmir, Turkey
,
A. Sayan
1   Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Bornova, İzmir, Turkey
,
G. Yüce
2   Department of Pathology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Bornova, İzmir, Turkey
› Author Affiliations

Abstract

Jugular phlebectasia is a congenital dilatation of jugular vein which appears as a soft, compressible mass in the neck only during straining or crying. It should be differentiated from laryngocele, cysts and tumors of neck which may also appear during straining. Comparable ultrasonography (US) and computerized tomography (CT) are diagnostic methods to distinguish the pathology. Four children with jugular phlebectasia diagnosed by venography, US and CT are reported. Surgical excision of the dilated segment was performed in each case. The inevitability of surgical intervention is discussed.

Zusammenfassung

Die Ektasie der Vena jugularis ist eine kongenitale Dilatation dieser Vene, die sich als weiche, komprimierbare Schwellung im Halsbereich äußert. Differential-diagnostisch müssen Zysten und Tumoren des Halses, aber auch eine Laryngozele, abgegrenzt werden. Diagnostisch ist der Ultraschall sowie gelegentlich die Computertomographie die Methode der Wahl.

In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden 4 Kinder mit Jugularisektasie vorgestellt, die mit Venographie, Ultraschall und CT diagnostiziert wurde. Die Therapie bestand in einer Exzision des erweiterten Segmentes.



Publication History

Publication Date:
25 March 2008 (online)

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