Jugular venous malformation in an 8-year-old boy: treatment with endovascular sclerotherapy

An 8-year-old male presented with a mass in the left supraclavicular region first noted 3 months earlier and which gradually became more prominent. Ul trasound showed a lobular, well-delineated hypoechoic lesion which increase d in size on Valsalva manoeuvre. Doppler waveform analysis suggested a slow flow vascular lesion. Venography showed a saccular, multilobular venous ma lformation which connected with the external jugular and subclavian veins. With an angiographic catheter, the venous malformation was treated by endov ascular sclerotherapy. Four weeks later, ultrasonography showed a resolutio n of the lesion. Conclusion Endovascular sclerotherapy appears to be an effective and safe t reatment for jugular venous malformation.