Potential structures that could be confused with a nonrecurrent inferior laryngeal nerve: An anatomic study

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-60

  Maranillo, Eva ^a   Vazquez, Teresa ^a   Quer, Miquel ^d   Niedenführ, Marc Rodriguez ^b   Leon, Xavier ^d   Viejo, Fermin ^a   Parkin, Ian ^c   Sanudo, Jose R ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e Facultad de Medicina

Author keywords

Arteria lusoria; Cervical sympathetic trunk; Larynx; Nonrecurrent inferior laryngeal nerve; Recurrent inferior laryngeal nerve; Retroesophageal subclavian artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; LARYNGEAL NERVE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SYMPATHETIC TRUNK;

ADULT; CADAVER; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NERVES; MALE; NECK; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; STELLATE GANGLION; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 37549000552     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e318156a04a     Document Type: Article

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