Esophageal carcinoma with nonrecurrent inferior laryngeal nerve.
Occurrence of a nonrecurrent inferior laryngeal nerve is quite rare. We present the case of a 70-year-old man with carcinoma of the esophagus. An abnormal right subclavian artery was detected preoperatively. This anomaly suggested that the right inferior laryngeal nerve branched directly from the vagal trunk. A carcinoma of the esophagus was resected, and lymph nodes were dissected. The right inferior laryngeal nerve was fully preserved, and the esophagus was primarily repaired.
Shimada
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Department of Surgery, Hiraka General Hospital, Yokote, Akita, Japan. tomoyuki@rnac.ne.jp
Terashima
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H
Shimizu
T
T
Abe
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R
Hirayama
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K
D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008297:Male; D012009:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve / Q000002:abnormalities*