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[Neck phlebectasia]
O Alemán López1, I Polo Tomás, M Sancho Mestre
1Servicio de O.R.L., Hospital General Universitario de Alicante.
Abstract:
Neck phlebectasia is an infrequent anomaly of the venous system, possibly a congenital condition, becoming apparent as a neck mass triggered by the Valsalva maneuver or any other exploratory afford with closed nose. Commonly localized in the jugular venous system, although it can turn-up, the ectasia, to other cervicofacial veins. In this paper are reported 3 neck phlebectasis including one of them affecting the anterior facial vein, occurrence exceedingly uncommon, of which case we don't know even a single reference in the literature. We make a perusal of the subject's bibliography and also discuss the clinic, diagnostic and therapeutical most important features of this entity.
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