The louder the bigger: A case of jugular phlebectasia in a child
- Author:
Irfan Mohamad
;
Ramaprabah Kandiah
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Phlebectasia;
neck mass;
ultrasound;
sonography
- From:Malaysian Family Physician
2019;14(3):77-79
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
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.
- Full text:2.2019my0057.pdf
