Journal of Chest Surgery

The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (대한심장혈관흉부외과학회)
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Localized Pretibial Varicose Vein Caused by an Intraosseous Venous Anomaly

  • Chun, Sangwook (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Dankook University Hospital) ;
  • Son, Joung Woo (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Dankook University Hospital) ;
  • Ryu, Jae-Wook (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Dankook University Hospital)
  • Received : 2019.11.13
  • Accepted : 2019.11.22
  • Published : 2020.06.05
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Abstract

A 36-year-old man presented to the hospital with protruding blood vessels in his left lower leg accompanied by cramping. An ultrasonographic examination of the leg revealed focal reflux without truncal vein reflux. During phlebectomy, the varix was found to be connected to the intraosseous vein through a tibial opening. Postoperative computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed an osteolytic lesion in the tibial shaft and an intraosseous vascular anomaly. The patient was discharged without complications and scheduled for periodic follow-ups. This young man's varicose vein seemed to be from a tibial intraosseous vascular anomaly, which is extremely rare.

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