FOCAL ECTASIA OF INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN-A RARE CASE REPORT

Abstract

FOCAL ECTASIA OF INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN IS EXTEREMLY RARE.A CASE IS PRESENTED BECAUSE OF ITS RARITY.A NINE YEAR OLD BOY CAME WITH COMPLAINTS OF SWELLING IN RIGHT SIDE NECK SINCE 4 YRS .SWELLING INCREASED IN SIZE ON SPEAKING LOUD,CRYING,STRAINING,LIFTING WEIGHTS.ON            EXAMINATION FUSIFORM SWELLING APPEARED ON RIGHT SIDE NECK ANTEROMEDIAL TO                            STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE WHICH INCREASED IN SIZE ON VALSALVA.ORAL CAVITY AND INDIRECT LARYNGOSCOPY EXAMINATION WAS                                    NORMAL.ULTRASOUND NECK REVEALED FOCAL                DILATATION OF INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN.CT NECK CONFIRMED FOCAL ECTASIA OF LOWER PART OF            INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN RIGHT SIDE.PATIENT WAS ASYMPTOMATIC AND WITHOUT                                            COMPLICATIONS.REASSURANCE WAS GIVEN TO                PARENTS.PATIENT IS ON REGULAR FOLLOW UP NOW.