Internal jugular phlebectasia - An unusual cause of neck swelling

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-108

  Indudharan, R ^a,b   Quah, B S ^a   Shuaib, I L ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOID; ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EDEMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; NECK; PHLEBOGRAPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; TONSIL; ULTRASOUND; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VARICOSIS;

CHILD; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; EDEMA; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; NECK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032972869     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724939992725     Document Type: Article

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