Jugular venous malformation in an 8-year-old boy: treatment with endovascular sclerotherapy.
An 8-year-old male presented with a mass in the left supraclavicular region first noted 3 months earlier and which gradually became more prominent. Ultrasound showed a lobular, well-delineated hypoechoic lesion which increased in size on Valsalva manoeuvre. Doppler waveform analysis suggested a slow flow vascular lesion. Venography showed a saccular, multilobular venous malformation which connected with the external jugular and subclavian veins. With an angiographic catheter, the venous malformation was treated by endovascular sclerotherapy. Four weeks later, ultrasonography showed a resolution of the lesion.


CONCLUSIONS
Endovascular sclerotherapy appears to be an effective and safe treatment for jugular venous malformation.
Olivares
J L
JL
Departamento de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain. olivares@posta.unizar.es
Rodríguez
G
G
Fernández
J A
JA
de Gregorio
M A
MA
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D000077423:Polidocanol; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015911:Sclerotherapy; D013350:Subclavian Vein / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014636:Valsalva Maneuver
D012597:Sclerosing Solutions; D000077423:Polidocanol; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols