An unusual coursing of the facial vein.
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.
Kopuz
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Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuzmayis University, 6amsun, Turkey.
Yavuz
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Cumhur
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Tetik
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Ilgi
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D002102:Cadaver; D005145:Face / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography; D014680:Veins / Q000002:abnormalities