title: [The right inferior laryngeal nerve with a non-recurrent course].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Chirurgia B, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Napoli.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Marone
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pezzullo
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Chiofalo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Caracò
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mozzillo
mesh_terms: 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