FOCAL ECTASIA OF INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN-A RARE CASE REPORT

FOCAL ECTASIA OF INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN IS EXTEREMLY RARE.A CASE IS PRESENTED BECAUSE OF ITS RARITY.A NINE YEAR OLD BOY CAME WITH COMPLAINTS OF SWELLING IN RIGHT SIDE NECK SINCE 4 YRS .SWELLING INCREASED IN SIZE ON SPEAKING LOUD,CRYING,STRAINING,LIFTING WEIGHTS.ON EXAMINATION FUSIFORM SWELLING APPEARED ON R I G H T S I D E N E C K A N T E R O M E D I A L T O STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE WHICH INCREASED IN SIZE ON VALSALVA.ORAL CAVITY AND INDIRECT L A R Y N G O S C O P Y E X A M I N A T I O N W A S NORMAL.ULTRASOUND NECK REVEALED FOCAL DILATATION OF INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN.CT NECK CONFIRMED FOCAL ECTASIA OF LOWER PART OF INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN RIGHT SIDE.PATIENT WAS A S Y M P T O M A T I C A N D W I T H O U T COMPLICATIONS.REASSURANCE WAS GIVEN TO PARENTS.PATIENT IS ON REGULAR FOLLOW UP NOW