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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 2002;45(8):1043-1047. Published online August 15, 2002.

Three Cases of Internal Jugular Phlebectasia

Ic Sun IS Choi¹, Kyung Ran KR Son¹, Byung Ju BJ Kim¹, Jae Sook JS Ma¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

Correspondence Ic Sun IS Choi ,Email: 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.

Keywords :Vein, Phlebectasia, Internal jugular vein