Internal jugular phlebectasia in pediatric patients: a report of two Saudi cases
The first case involved an 8-year-old boy who presented to our clinic with recurrent tonsillitis and was booked for tonsillectomy. He had no contributive medical history. He was found to have an incidental midline neck mass during the evaluation (); this mass was found since the age of eight months. His parents denied any breathing or feeding difficulties. The mass increased with coughing and the valsalva maneuver. The mass was more toward to the right of the neck, and it was soft and compressible with no skin change.\nImaging examination of the patient was done by performing CT and US. US Doppler showed a right dilated internal jugular vein (). The CT scan confirmed this finding, which suggested internal jugular vein phlebectasia ().