Case Report
Saccular Aneurysm of the External Jugular Vein: A Case Report
Hae Young Lee, Sung Ho Cho, Taek Yong Ko, Hyun Su Kim, Jong In Kim, Sung Dal Park, Sung Rae Cho, Bong Kwon Chun
Published:
April 01, 2014
DOI:
10.5090/kjtcs.2014.47.2.171
License:
© The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2014. All right reserved.2014This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Saccular aneurysm of the external jugular vein presenting as a neck mass is very rare. We report the surgical treatment of an external jugular venous aneurysm in a 48-year-old female patient due to the cosmetic problem of neck engorgement, concomitant with thyroidectomy for cancer.