title: [Varicosis of the angular vein--a rare differential diagnosis].
abstract: Report on a female patient with an indolent, bluish tumor medial to the inner canthus; after a Valsalva-maneuver, echography and phlebography had been performed, a solitary varix of the angular vein was diagnosed; and confirmed by surgery and histological study. Possible differential diagnoses and clinical significance (danger of intraoperative aspiration of air with subsequent lethal air embolism) are discussed.
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005143:Eyelids / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009915:Orbit / Q000098:blood supply*; D010690:Phlebography; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Varicosis venae angularis--eine seltene Differentialdiagnose.