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An Interesting Clinical Case: Variant of the Cephalic Vein Emptying into the Internal Jugular Vein
Author(s) -
Lum Craig,
Ladenheim Eric D.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
seminars in dialysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1525-139X
pISSN - 0894-0959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-139x.2012.01102.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cephalic vein , internal jugular vein , vein , axillary vein , fistula , surgery , radiology , anatomy , thrombosis
This case report describes a 45‐year‐old patient who was referred to our center for surgical creation of long‐term vascular access. Angiographic mapping revealed the left cephalic vein draining directly into the internal jugular vein rather than the axillary vein. The patient was scheduled for an ulnar artery to cephalic vein fistula.