Open AccessVariant anatomy of internal jugular vein branching
Author(s) -
Chris A Deepak,
Jagadish J Sarvadnya,
K.S. Sabitha
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
annals of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 2231-0746
DOI - 10.4103/2231-0746.175751
Subject(s) - medicine , internal jugular vein , anatomy , branching (polymer chemistry) , dissection (medical) , neck dissection , jugular vein , radiology , surgery , pathology , materials science , carcinoma , composite material
The knowledge of both normal and abnormal anatomy of the veins of the neck is important for clinicians performing catheterization and surgeons operating in the region of the neck. The presence of such anomalous communications may also be important for radiologists performing angiographic and sonographic studies. This study presents three cases of variant anatomy in posterior branching and abnormal branching of internal jugular vein found during our routine neck dissection.