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Case Reports
. 2004 Sep;25(8):1433-4.

A review of two cases of fenestrated internal jugular veins as seen by CT angiography

Alexander J Towbin  1 , Emanuel Kanal
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Case Reports

A review of two cases of fenestrated internal jugular veins as seen by CT angiography

Alexander J Towbin et al. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2004 Sep.

Abstract

Venous fenestrations are a rarely seen entity in the neck. Although their clinical significance is questionable, their importance in presurgical planning may be considerable. We present a report of two cases of internal jugular vein fenestration.

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Figures

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Fig 1.
The appearance of an internal jugular vein on CTA images is characteristic. The vein begins its course with a single lumen (A, B). It then bifurcates forming two distinct lumena (C). As the vein continues caudally, it once again becomes a single vessel (D, E). Panel F shows the fenestrated internal jugular vein reformatted in a single sagittal, oblique plane.
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Fig 2.
The fenestrated internal jugular vein in our second patient is seen in a single oblique plane.
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