Jugular vein thrombosis is uncommon but may rarely cause papilloedema. ... Computerised tomography (CT) scanning of the chest did not show any compressive intrathoracic lesion.

A recent paper in BMJ Case Reports has described a particularly rare discovery: a person with two internal jugular veins. Duplication of this vein is rare, with only four other cases written about ...

Research has emerged casting doubt on a popular new theory that multiple sclerosis is caused or worsened by blockages in the jugular veins. In separate studies from Germany and Sweden, to be ...

After being fed through the jugular vein, a tiny, "thought-controlled" device can record brain activity from a nearby blood vessel, thus eliminating the need for doctors to crack open the skull, a ...

The external jugular vein lies lateral to the sternomastoid muscle and is more superficial than the internal jugular vein, so is therefore easier to see. However, the external jugular vein can become ...

The independent prognostic value of elevated jugular venous pressure or a third heart sound in patients with heart failure is not well established.We performed a ... Chest 1998;114:1283-1288.

Sometimes, however, a throat infection may cross over into the jugular veins and poison the bloodstream, activating platelets. When this occurs, recognising the warning signs is essential to survival.