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The jugular vein is twisted as the aneurysm is pulled up before resection.
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The pathological segment of the jugular vein was resected and the free ends of the vessel ligated (Figure 2).
Macroscopic view of the removed aneurysm cut in half longitudinally.
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Pathological examination showed a mass of 3.5 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm in diameter with a macroscopically normal venous wall encapsulating an organizing hematoma inside the lumen  (Figure 3).
Microscopic view of the aneurysm with an organized blood clot in 
the lumen and a focally thinned muscular wall.
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No signs of infection or neoplasia were present in the tissue specimen (Figure 4).