title: An unusual coursing of the facial vein.
abstract: During the dissections of 50 adult cadavers for educational purposes, we found a 45-year-old male cadaver with an abnormally coursing facial vein which has joined the retromandibular vein at a higher level--in the parotid gland--on the right side of the face. This anomaly has also been detected radiologically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuzmayis University, 6amsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kopuz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yavuz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cumhur
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tetik
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ilgi
mesh_terms: D002102:Cadaver; D005145:Face / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography; D014680:Veins / Q000002:abnormalities