[Jugular phlebectasia]

The seldom seen ectasia of the veins of the neck are known as venous congenital cyst, venous aneurysm, jugular phlebectasia, venous ectasia of the neck or essential venous dilatation. The latter nomination meaning the augmentation of the vessel without either typical histopathologic feature or etiopathogenic explaining its development. All veins of the neck can be affected, especially in this sequence: interna, externa jugular, anterior jugular and the superficial communicans.