Angular vein

Veins of the neck and head of man

The angular vein is a blood vessel in the head. It is a branch of the facial vein ( vena facialis ). The angular vein runs in the corner of the eyelid on the side of the nose , on the side of the artery of the same name and can shimmer through the skin in thin-skinned people.

The blood vessel is of clinical importance in the development of sinus thrombosis , as it is connected to the superior ophthalmic vein . During surgical interventions on the eyelid it must be spared, as its injury leads to bleeding that is difficult to stop .

literature

• Titus von Lanz (founder), Johannes Lang, Werner Wachsmuth (ed.): Practical anatomy. Volume 1, part 1: head. B: Johannes Lang: brain and eye skull. Springer, Berlin et al. 1979, ISBN 3-540-08783-4 , p. 575.