Name
NECK VEINS ENGORGED
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
CAUSES : 1. NON PULSATILE ELEVATION OF JUGULAR VENOUS PRESSURE - DUE TO OBSTRUCTION OF THE JUGULAR OR BRACHIO-CEPHALIC VEIN OR SUPERIOR VENA CAVA - THROMBOSIS FOLLOWING PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION - BRONCHIAL NEOPLASM - MEDIASTINAL TUMOUR - FIBROSING MEDIASTINITIS - RT. ATRIAL OR PERICARDIAL TUMOURS - LATE COMPLICATION OF MUSTARDS OPERATION FOR TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT ARTRIES 2. PULSATILE ELEVATION OF JUGULAR VENOUS PRESSURE - CHF - OVER TRANSFUSION - COR-PULMONALE / RT. HEART FAILURE - TRICUSPID REGURGITATION - PERICARDIAL EFFUSION - MASSIVE PUL EMBOLISM - CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS - TRICUSPID STENOSIS - RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY (RARE) - CARCINOID SYNDROME - RT. ATRIAL TUMOURSOTHER TESTS : * VENOGRAPHY
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
X-RAY CHEST P.A. VIEW( NORMAL ), X-RAY CHEST LAT. VIEW, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, CT SCAN THORAX