title: Aberrant external jugular vein phlebectasia with tongue pain.
abstract: We have not encountered any other report of phlebectasia with tongue pain in the literature. The pain disappeared after the anomalous venous communication was excised.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery, Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, PA 15219-5166, USA.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Stofman
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schneidermann
authors.forename: H N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Sasson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Younai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Narayanan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005926:Glossalgia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins; D009333:Neck / Q000098:blood supply*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery