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Multiple Varices in the Unilateral Cerebral Venous System

Ken KazumataGo,a, Shin Fujimotoa, Hiroyuki Idosakaa, Satoshi Kurodaa, Mitsuru Nunomuraa and Kiyohiro Houkina

a From the Department of Neurosurgery, Teine Keijinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Japan (K.K., S.F., H.I., S.K., M.N.), and the Department of Neurosurgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan (K.H.).



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  		FIG 1. 24-year-old woman with a palpable mass in the right side of neck.

A, Contrast-enhanced cervical CT scan shows a varix adjacent to the right internal and external jugular vein. Asymmetry was evident in the internal jugular veins.

B–D, Right internal carotid angiogram shows multiple varices and enlargement in the superficial cerebral veins (B, C). Venous phase also revealed a cervical varix, which was opacified via internal and external jugular veins (D)





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