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Type of Article: Case Report

Year: 2015 | Volume 3 | Issue 4 | Page No. 1548-1550

Date of Publication: 30-11-2015

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2015.276

REPORTING OF AN ANATOMICAL VARIATION FOR ANTERIOR JUGULAR VEIN

Ahmad Tamjidipoor ¹, Seyyed Amir Yasin Ahmadi ^*2.

¹ Department of Anatomy, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.

^*2 Student Research Committee, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran.

Address: Seyyed Amir Yasin Ahmadi. Student Research Committee, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran. Tel: +989392838309.
E-Mail: yasin_ahmadi73@yahoo.com

Abstract

Being acquainted with anatomical variations is a sine qua non for surgeons. Since there were a few findings about Anterior Jugular Vein (AJV) that most of them were about its aneurism than of the about its anatomical variations we intend to report one of its variations. AJV is a superficial vein in head and neck anatomy which is paired (left and right), that seems U-shaped. In this case which was a male cadaver AJV is single and only has one branch parallel to mid-line instead of being paired. There is no Jugular arch in this case.
KEY WORDS: Anterior Jugular Vein, Anatomical Variations, Case Report, Cardinal Vein, Head and Neck Anatomy.

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Ahmad Tamjidipoor, Seyyed Amir Yasin Ahmadi. REPORTING OF AN ANATOMICAL VARIATION FOR ANTERIOR JUGULAR VEIN. Int J Anat Res 2015;3(4):1548-1550. DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2015.276