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כיסות בבלוטת יותרת-התריס מהוות מימצא נדיר הנכלל באבחנה המבדלת של כיסות הצוואר. רובן הגדול של כיסות בלוטת יותרת-התריס אינן מפרישות הורמונים. כיסות בלוטת יותרת-התריס עשויות להפוך תסמיניות בשל פעילות הורמונית או בשל גודלן וגרימת לחץ על רקמות סמוכות. מובאת להלן פרשת חולה, מטופלת בת 43 שנה, שפנתה בשל קוצר נשימה. בבירור אובחנה כיסה בבלוטת יותרת-התריס בגודל 6X8X9 ס"מ, בצוואר ובמיצר, שגרמה לקוצר נשימה, לקושי בבליעה, לאי-ספיקת נשימה ולפקקת בווריד היוגולרי.

Spontaneous Internal Jugular Vein Thrombosis Complicating Chronic Pulmonary Disease

Nir Hilzenrat, Edit Liberty, Luna Avnon

Depts. of Medicine B and E, and Pulmonary Disease Unit, Soroka Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba

Spontaneous internal jugular thrombosis is a rare vascular disorder. It usually occurs as a result of external pressure due to a tumor, infection or as a result of damage to the vessel wall after trauma or central venous catheterization. We report a 35-year-old woman who suffered from severe pulmonary hypertension due to chronic cystic lung disease. She was admitted due to sudden, severe, right-sided neck pain. Internal jugular occlusion by a thrombus was demonstrated by ultrasound and CT-scans but no apparent cause was found. We postulated that the important factors in the development of her thrombosis were stasis due to pulmonary hypertension and high blood viscosity.

Traumatic Common Carotid-Internal Jugular Fistula: Positive Aspect

R. Avrahami, M. Liverson, M. Haddad, A. Zelikovsky

Dept. of Vascular Surgery and Anesthesia, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tikva and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

A 42-year-old man presented with a penetrating neck injury from a pellet gun. Physical examination showed an open 1 cm wound on the right side of the neck, hematoma of the right sternocleidomastoid muscle, and carotid artery injury. He was hemodynamically stable and there was no neurological deficit. Arteriogram of the neck disclosed a pseudoaneurysm with an arteriovenous fistula between the common carotid artery and internal jugular vein. At surgery, the tears in the carotid artery and jugular vein were sutured and a vacuum drain was introduced. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient was discharged 5 days later. Instead of the expected results of a penetrating carotid artery injury, such as blood loss, airway obstruction or neurological deficit, the arteriovenous fistula caused by the pellet actually saved the patient's life. Blood flow from the artery via the pseudoaneurysm to the jugular vein kept the patient in stable condition.