An anomalous left external jugular vein draining into right subclavian vein

摘要: Knowledge of the varying drainage patterns superficial veins head & neck, in particular, jugular are not only important for anatomists but also surgeons operating at this level and to clinicians general. The variations interventional radiologists, who perform trans-jugular procedures, such as port implantations intra-hepatic porto-systemic shunts or selective venous samplings. Results recent studies report that veins, especially external vein, have been increasingly utilized cannulation conduct diagnostic therapeutic procedures. We a very unusual left-sided presentation vein an embalmed male cadaver. Embryological evaluations anomaly was done compared with available literature, which showed observed variation is rare (Fig. 1, Ref. 12).