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Sonographic diagnosis of a saccular aneurysm of the internal jugular vein
Author(s) -
Lee Hwa Yeon,
Yoo Seung Min,
Song InSup,
Yu Hyeon,
Lee Jong Beum
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.20263
Subject(s) - medicine , saccular aneurysm , internal jugular vein , jugular vein , aneurysm , radiology , vein , anatomy , surgery
Aneurysm of the internal jugular vein is an extremely rare condition. It is usually detected during childhood and is characterized by being more prominent during Valsalva maneuvers such as vomiting, coughing, and straining. Most of the cases reported in the English literature are fusiform aneurysms of the internal jugular vein. We report the case of a saccular aneurysm of the left internal jugular vein in a 59‐year‐old woman with no change in size of the aneurysm during a Valsalva manuever. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2006