INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN THROMBOSIS FOLLOWING CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY
โ Scribed by A. J. Southcott; A. Sandhu; L. J. Ferguson; I. B. Faris
- Book ID
- 115182249
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 655 KB
- Volume
- 64
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1445-1433
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## Abstract This article presents 3 cases of internal jugular vein thrombosis secondary to central venous cannulation. Two patients were symptomatic with tender cervical swelling. In the third patient, the venous thrombosis was discovered as an incidental finding during major head and neck surgery.
A 45-year-old man with a history of nasopharyngeal carcinoma with metastasis to the right side of the neck, who was treated with radiotherapy for cure, developed spontaneous left internal jugular vein thrombosis. Within a few days, the patient showed signs of increasing intracranial pressure, and a