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- Title
The louder the bigger: A case of jugular phlebectasia in a child.
- Authors
R., Kandiah; I., Mohamad
- Abstract
Jugular phlebectasia has been increasingly recognised with the advent of non-invasive diagnostic methods. Phlebectasia differs from varix, as it is an abnormal outward dilatation of a vein without tortuosity. It presents as a soft, compressible mass, apparent upon straining or execution of the Valsalva maneuver. The differentials for neck masses are broad, but if the swelling appears on the Valsalva maneuver, the type of mass narrows down to a laryngocele, superior mediastinal mass or phlebectasia. A simple non-invasive investigation, such as ultrasonography, is used as a diagnostic tool. We report a case of jugular phlebectasia that was suspected clinically and confirmed via ultrasound to be a vascular lesion which changed its size upon straining.
- Subjects
VALSALVA'S maneuver; TORTUOSITY; NECK
- Publication
Malaysian Family Physician, 2019, Vol 14, Issue 3, p77
- ISSN
1985-207X
- Publication type
Article