TY - JOUR
T1 - An unusual course and termination of small saphenous vein
T2 - A case report
AU - Shetty, Prakashchandra
AU - D’Souza, Melanie Rose
AU - Nayak, Satheesha B.
PY - 2016/3/1
Y1 - 2016/3/1
N2 - The superficial veins of the lower limb can vary in their course and termination. We report a relatively rare type of variation in the course and termination of small saphenous vein. The small saphenous vein had normal origin and course in the leg. However, instead of terminating into the popliteal vein, it continued up in the posterior compartment of the thigh and terminated into the femoral vein after piercing the fleshy part of the adductor magnus muscle. This course might lead to varicosity of the small saphenous vein due to the compression by the fleshy fibres of adductor magus near its termination. The case may be of interest to general and plastic surgeons and even cardiothoracic surgeons.
AB - The superficial veins of the lower limb can vary in their course and termination. We report a relatively rare type of variation in the course and termination of small saphenous vein. The small saphenous vein had normal origin and course in the leg. However, instead of terminating into the popliteal vein, it continued up in the posterior compartment of the thigh and terminated into the femoral vein after piercing the fleshy part of the adductor magnus muscle. This course might lead to varicosity of the small saphenous vein due to the compression by the fleshy fibres of adductor magus near its termination. The case may be of interest to general and plastic surgeons and even cardiothoracic surgeons.
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U2 - 10.7860/JCDR/2016/17875.7335
DO - 10.7860/JCDR/2016/17875.7335
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84960085973
SN - 2249-782X
VL - 10
SP - AD01-AD02
JO - Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
JF - Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
IS - 3
ER -