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A case of unilateral fenestration of the external jugular vein, through which the cervical branch of the facial nerve passes

Author: Erika Cvetko

Published in: Anatomical Science International | Issue 3/2013

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The external jugular vein (EJV) is being utilized increasingly as the recipient vein in head and neck free tissue transfers, and for cannulation in order to conduct diagnostic procedures or intravenous therapies. Knowledge of variations in its structure or pathway are therefore important. Various authors have described phlebectasia (Hermans 1991; Turan-Ozdemir et al. 2004), saccular aneurysm (Verbeeck et al. 1997), duplication of the EJV (Comert and Comert 2009), and anastomosis between the EJV and internal jugular vein (IJV) (Chalian et al. 2001). We report on unilateral EJV fenestration, through which the cervical branch of the facial nerve passes—an entity that has not been reported previously. …

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Title: A case of unilateral fenestration of the external jugular vein, through which the cervical branch of the facial nerve passes
Author: Erika Cvetko
Publication date: 01-06-2013
Publisher: Springer Japan
Published in: Anatomical Science International / Issue 3/2013
Print ISSN: 1447-6959
Electronic ISSN: 1447-073X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12565-012-0155-9

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