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@Mr. Frodo, There’s been at least one research paper link posted about IJV entrapment by the SCM & Omohyoid muscle, & I vaguely recall someone mentioning getting a little shaved off their SCM because it was a key contributor to IJV compression, but I can’t find the post. It’s unusual but the SCM does seem to cause a problem w/ vascular flow sometimes.

Here’s the link to the post with the research article & another one where SCM spasm is mentioned as causing IJV compression:

Swollen throat area under jaw all the way down to collarbone on eagle side (docs say not lymph nodes)

@Juniper Yes, my suggestion, whether right or wrong, is that perhaps that swelling you’re feeling is your jugular vein. Because it’s compressed up close to your skull base then down at your first rib, it makes sense that the section in the middle would be larger/more swollen than normal. If you’ve had a CT scan w/ contrast, & if that situation exists, it should be obvious via a 3D image. Dr. Hepworth (Denver) is well versed w/ TOS & IJV compressions as is Dr. Aghayev (Turkey). If you want a r…

My problems with ES, C1 and SCM are causing compression on IJV

To share with you, any opinion, experience and advice are welcome. Greetings from Bosnia and Herzegovina! I am 45 years old, male, my problems have been going on for 5 years. I’ve been following the forum for a long time, but I didn’t want to introduce myself until I did the diagnostics. To begin with, I will post my CTA/V that I did a few days ago, and this is how the radiologist read it (I’m only listing what’s wrong): Right side: ASE — adequate width of the lumen in the initial part, in…