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Roshan Kumar Verma1, Rahul Modi, Naresh K Panda
1Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, PGIMER, Chandigarh 160012, India. roshanverma@hotmail.com
Abstract:
Abnormal dilation of a normal anterior jugular vein is a rare anomaly and usually presents as a neck lump. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report in the literature of such a case in which the patient presented with severe tinnitus. Excision of the dilated portion of the anterior jugular vein in our patient alleviated the severe tinnitus.
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