A rare case of anastomosis between the external and internal jugular veins.
Karapantzos I, Zarogoulidis P, Charalampidis C, Karapantzou C, Kioumis I, Tsakiridis K, Mpakas A, Sachpekidis N, Organtzis J, Porpodis K, Zarogoulidis K, Pitsiou G, Zissimopoulos A, Kosmidis C, Fouka E, Demetriou T.
Karapantzos I, et al.
Int Med Case Rep J. 2016 Mar 21;9:73-5. doi: 10.2147/IMCRJ.S98801. eCollection 2016.
Int Med Case Rep J. 2016.
PMID: 27051321
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Jugular veins bring deoxygenated blood from the head back to the heart. There are two sets of external and internal veins. ...There is also another minor jugular vein, the anterior, draining the submaxillary region. In our patient, we recognized a shunt betwe …
Jugular veins bring deoxygenated blood from the head back to the heart. There are two sets of external and internal veins. ... …