OBJECTIVES To present a complication which occurred in relation to drainage of left superior vena cava. METHODS A 25-year-old patient underwent intracardiac repair for Tetralogy of Fallot. Left superior vena cava was present. It was drained by insertion of a left ventricular sump vent catheter via coronary sinus. The immediate postoperative period was uneventful. The patient presented on the ...

OBJECTIVE To assess senior and junior anaesthetists' ability to locate the right and left jugular vein (IJV) using the anatomic landmark technique. METHODS A total of 45 anaesthetists were included in this study. Initially, a questionnaire assessing the experiences of the anaesthetists was completed. The anaesthetists were grouped into two groups, junior and senior. The anaesthetists, who wer...

We are reporting a case of a healthy 21-year-old male, with no significant past medical history, who was found to have an incidental nonocclusive deep vein thrombosis in the right internal jugular vein detected on a head MRI previously ordered for work-up of headaches. A follow-up upper extremity venous Doppler ultrasound confirmed the presence of a partially occlusive deep vein thrombosis in t...

Introduction Bezold’s abscess is a rare complication of an acute otitis media caused by pus drainage through the medial mastoid process wall and digastric groove. Expansion purulent secretion can lead to infectious thrombophlebitis internal jugular vein.

Lemierre syndrome, which can result from a recent oropharyngeal or odontogenic infection, is characterized by clinical or radiographic signs of thrombosis of the internal jugular vein, distant infected emboli and the presence of anaerobic pathogens, usually Fusobacterium necrophorum. The septic emboli resulting from the infected thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein give the syndrome it...

We report two children who developed hemiparesis secondary to cerebral infarcts complicating Lemierre syndrome. The fi rst case is a one-year-old patient who presented a left internal jugular vein thrombosis and a left carotid compression due to retropharyngeal cellulitis. The second case is a fi ve-year-old girl who presented a left internal jugular vein and a right carotid artery thrombosis a...

Lemierre's syndrome is a rare clinical condition that generally develops secondary to oropharyngeal infection caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum, which is an anaerobic bacteria. A 62-year-old patient with diabetes mellitus presented with internal jugular vein and sigmoid sinus-transverse sinus thrombophlebitis, accompanying otitis media and mastoiditis that developed after an upper airway infe...

Central venous access devices are extensively used for long-term chemotherapy and parenteral nutrition. However, there are some possible immediate, early, and late complications related to the implantation technique, care, and maintenance. We present the uncommon occurrence of a thrombosis of the internal jugular vein due to a spontaneous migration of a Port-A-Cath catheter into the ipsilateral...

The basic form of renal replacement therapy is haemodialysis. The duration and efficacy of this treatment depends on well-functioning vascular access. Short-term or long-term catheters are used if the arterial-venous fistula placement is not possible or not indicated. According to the recommendations of the NKF DOQI (National Kidney Foundation Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative), the first cho...