[The right inferior laryngeal nerve with a non-recurrent course].
Two cases of a right non-recurrent laryngeal nerve were encountered during the performance of 992 thyroid operations. In its abnormal non-recurrent course the nerve passes transversely from under the carotid sheat hand takes a position which is at right-angles to the normal recurrent laryngeal nerve.
Marone
U
U
Divisione di Chirurgia B, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Napoli.
Pezzullo
L
L
Chiofalo
M G
MG
Caracò
C
C
Mozzillo
N
N
D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000196:embryology; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D012009:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000196:embryology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000196:embryology; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000196:embryology