A Rare Cause of the Emergency Department Visit: Internal Jugular Vein Thrombosis

Abstract

Case Report: A 43 years old male patient was admitted to our emergency department with the complaint of pain, swelling and redness on the left side of the neck, which was noticed after chemotherapy 1 day ago. The swelling and redness of the hand, starting from the left clavicle and extending to the corner of the left mandible, were detected in the physical examination of the patient. The patient underwent bedside ultrasonography imaging by the emergency medicine specialist. Ultrasonography examination of the patient was performed with 5-12 MHz linear probe. After visualization of the vascular structures carotid, vascular structures were observed in the sagittal and longitudinal plane by gradual compression. Hyper echoic thrombus was seen in the incompressible internal jugular vein.