title: Facial vein aneurysm associated with sialadenitis.
abstract: A 20 year-old man presented with pain and swelling of the left submandibular area. Neck sonography revealed enlargement of the submandibular gland, coarsening of its echotexture with a few calculi and a multiloculated cystic lesion. Doppler sonography revealed venous flow within the cystic lesion and aneurysmal dilatation of the adjacent facial vein. CT angiography confirmed the facial vein aneurysm. We hypothesize that inflammation of the gland had weakened the wall of the adjacent facial vein, causing aneurysmal dilatation.
authors.affiliation: Gulhane Military Medical School, Department of Radiology, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet Turan
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Ilica
authors.forename: Senem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Senturk
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kertmen
authors.forename: Yasar
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bukte
authors.forename: Aslan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bilici
authors.forename: Mehmet Mahir
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Atasoy
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D016121:Brachiocephalic Veins; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005145:Face / Q000098:blood supply*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D012793:Sialadenitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013363:Submandibular Gland; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D055815:Young Adult