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Clinical presentation of a persistent jugulocephalic vein
Author(s) -
Brook Wilfrid H.,
Smith Clement J. D.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.980020306
Subject(s) - medicine , clavicle , subclavian vein , anatomy , external jugular vein , vein , cephalic vein , anastomosis , lower limbs venous ultrasonography , presentation (obstetrics) , surgery , catheter
The clinical history is presented of a 46‐year‐old woman with a permanently distended left external jugular vein which passed anterior to the clavicle instead of entering the subclavian vein just superior to the clavicle in the usual manner. For cosmetic reasons the vein was excised. Embryologically, the vein passing anterior to the clavicle was a persistent jugulocephalic vein. This is a normal venous channel which usually disappears after an anastomosis develops between the cephalic vein and the subclavian vein, inferior to the clavicle.