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Aberrant jugular bulb vein obstructing approach to intracanalicular vestibular schwannoma
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 June 2007
Abstract
In cases of jugular bulb anomalies, such as a high jugular bulb, troublesome bleeding may occur during surgery. We report an unusual case with a vestibular schwannoma, in which we recognized an additional branch arising from the jugular bulb. Three-dimensional computed tomography (3-D CT) revealed this anomaly beforehand, enabling us to avert excessive bleeding upon resection of the tumour. The abnormal vein was thought to be a remnant of the petrosquamosal sinus in the embryonic stage.
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