title: Unusual venous drainage of face: a case report.
abstract: Facial region has enormous blood supply. The maxillary vein, facial vein and superficial temporal vein are chief venous draining channels. There are numerous reports of unusual venous system of face, in the present case, retromandibular vein divides into anterior and posterior division soon after its formation, external carotid artery lying lateral to retromandibular vein, formation of common venous channel between internal jugular vein and anterior jugular vein where facial, lingual and submental vein drain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
authors.forename: Dhiraj
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maskey
authors.forename: Prakash
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baral
authors.forename: Ram Bahadur
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Kuwar
authors.forename: Dilip
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rai
authors.forename: Shaligram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dhungel
authors.forename: Chandra Bhusan
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Jha
authors.forename: Sounmya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
mesh_terms: D002102:Cadaver; D005145:Face / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014680:Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology