See Also: posterior facial vein(medicine)
facial vein(medicine)
anterior facial vein(medicine)
transverse facial vein(medicine)
deep facial vein(medicine)
common facial vein(medicine)
vein of posterior horn(medicine)
posterior pericallosal vein(medicine)
posterior auricular vein(medicine)
posterior marginal vein(medicine)

Sweet's syndrome (medicine) and posterior facial vein (medicine)


Sweet's syndrome (medicine)


Sweet's syndrome
<syndrome> This rare condition is characterised by red-brown plaques and nodules that are frequently painful and occur primarily on the head, neck and upper extremities.

The patients will also have fever and increased white blood cell counts (neutrophils). In approximately 10% of the patients there is an associated malignancy, most commonly acute nonlymphocytic leukaemia.

The idiopathic form (unknown cause) of Sweet's syndrome is seen more often in females following a respiratory tract infection.


posterior facial vein (medicine)


posterior facial vein -->
retromandibular vein
<anatomy, vein> It is formed by the union of the superficial temporal and maxillary veins in front of the ear, runs posterior to the ramus of the mandible through the parotid gland, and unites with the posterior auricular vein to form the external jugular vein; it usually has a large communicating branch with the facial vein.

Synonym: vena retromandibularis, posterior facial vein, temporomaxillary vein, vena facialis posterior.