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Launay’s External Carotid Vein
Background and Objectives: Launay’s external carotid vein (ECV) is poorly represented in the anatomical literature, although it is an occasional satellite of the external carotid artery (ECA). We aimed to establish the incidence and morphology of the ECV. Materials and Methods: One hundred computed...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8472331/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34577908 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57090985 |
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author | Manta, Mihaela Daniela Jianu, Adelina Maria Rusu, Mugurel Constantin Popescu, Şerban Arghir |
author_facet | Manta, Mihaela Daniela Jianu, Adelina Maria Rusu, Mugurel Constantin Popescu, Şerban Arghir |
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description | Background and Objectives: Launay’s external carotid vein (ECV) is poorly represented in the anatomical literature, although it is an occasional satellite of the external carotid artery (ECA). We aimed to establish the incidence and morphology of the ECV. Materials and Methods: One hundred computed tomography angiograms were investigated, and ECVs were documented anatomically, when found. Results: Launay’s vein was found in 3/200 sides (1.5%) in a male and two female cases. In two of these cases, the ECV was a replaced variant of the anterior division of the retromandibular vein (RMV), and the facial vein (FV) ended in the external jugular vein. In the third case with the ECV, the RMV was absent and the common FV that resulted from that ECV and the FV drained into the internal jugular vein. The ECV could also appear as an accessory RMV, not just as a replaced one. Additional variants were found, such as fenestration of the external jugular vein (EJV), the extracondylar vein draining the deep temporal veins and an arterial occipitoauricular trunk. Conclusions: Surgical dissections of the ECA in the retromandibular space should carefully observe an ECV to avoid unwanted haemorrhagic events. Approaches of the neck of the mandible should also carefully distinguish the consistent extracondylar veins. |
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spelling | pubmed-84723312021-09-28 Launay’s External Carotid Vein Manta, Mihaela Daniela Jianu, Adelina Maria Rusu, Mugurel Constantin Popescu, Şerban Arghir Medicina (Kaunas) Article Background and Objectives: Launay’s external carotid vein (ECV) is poorly represented in the anatomical literature, although it is an occasional satellite of the external carotid artery (ECA). We aimed to establish the incidence and morphology of the ECV. Materials and Methods: One hundred computed tomography angiograms were investigated, and ECVs were documented anatomically, when found. Results: Launay’s vein was found in 3/200 sides (1.5%) in a male and two female cases. In two of these cases, the ECV was a replaced variant of the anterior division of the retromandibular vein (RMV), and the facial vein (FV) ended in the external jugular vein. In the third case with the ECV, the RMV was absent and the common FV that resulted from that ECV and the FV drained into the internal jugular vein. The ECV could also appear as an accessory RMV, not just as a replaced one. Additional variants were found, such as fenestration of the external jugular vein (EJV), the extracondylar vein draining the deep temporal veins and an arterial occipitoauricular trunk. Conclusions: Surgical dissections of the ECA in the retromandibular space should carefully observe an ECV to avoid unwanted haemorrhagic events. Approaches of the neck of the mandible should also carefully distinguish the consistent extracondylar veins. MDPI 2021-09-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8472331/ /pubmed/34577908 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57090985 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Manta, Mihaela Daniela Jianu, Adelina Maria Rusu, Mugurel Constantin Popescu, Şerban Arghir Launay’s External Carotid Vein |
title | Launay’s External Carotid Vein |
title_full | Launay’s External Carotid Vein |
title_fullStr | Launay’s External Carotid Vein |
title_full_unstemmed | Launay’s External Carotid Vein |
title_short | Launay’s External Carotid Vein |
title_sort | launay’s external carotid vein |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8472331/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34577908 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina57090985 |
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