A CASE OF EXTERNAL JUGULAR VENOUS ANEURYSM IN A CHILD

Abstract

Jugular venous aneurysm occurs so rarely that only 19 cases including this case have been reported in Japan, in which venous aneurysm was found at the left external jugular vein. A 7-year-old boy complained of a soft tumor on the left supraclavicular fossa that was first found 5 months before and started to enlarge with pain from about a month before. The tumor 20×20mm in size was Valsalva test-positive. Ultrasonography and venography revealed a venous aneurysm, which was excised under local anesthesia. Histopathologic findings revealed that the vein had an organic thrombus on its dilated lumen without abnormalities on the vascular wall.