A CASCADE OF UNICUSPID VALVES IN THE INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN

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MOHAMMAD AFZAL KHAN
Faculty of Medicine Umm al Qura University Makkah Saudi Arabia
Faris Mohammed Nour Altaf
Department of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Umm al Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Muhammad Mazhar Hijazi
Department of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Umm al Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

We are reporting here a unique cascade-like arrangement of single cusps in the right internal jugular vein observed ina formalin-fixed embalmed cadaver of a 65 year old male which has not been observed and described in the literature. The anomaly may be of interest not only to the morphologist but also to the clinical practitioner working on the internal jugular veins.

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KHAN, M. A., F. M. N. Altaf, and M. M. Hijazi. “A CASCADE OF UNICUSPID VALVES IN THE INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN”. KHYBER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY JOURNAL, vol. 8, no. 3, Jan. 2017, p. 147, https://www.kmuj.kmu.edu.pk/article/view/15461.
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Vol. 8 No. 3 (2016): KMUJ- 2016 VOL 8 NO 3; JUL-SEP
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MOHAMMAD AFZAL KHAN, Faculty of Medicine Umm al Qura University Makkah Saudi Arabia

Associate Professor Department of Human Anatomy

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