Unusual venous drainage of face: a case report.
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.
Maskey
Dhiraj
D
Department of Anatomy, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
Baral
Prakash
P
Kuwar
Ram Bahadur
RB
Rai
Dilip
D
Dhungel
Shaligram
S
Jha
Chandra Bhusan
CB
Bhattacharya
Sounmya
S
D002102:Cadaver; D005145:Face / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014680:Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology