title: Different navigation of the hypoglossal nerve in the same patient: in the light of the literature.
abstract: The hypoglossal nerve appears typically between the internal carotid artery and internal jugular vein and down in the lateral groove between these 2 anatomical structures on to the right common carotid artery bifurcation. In this case report, we presented a patient that was operated on for laryngeal carcinoma, and abnormal navigation of hypoglossal nerve was observed during the neck dissection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. drsahinulu@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sahin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ulu
authors.forename: Abdulkadir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bucak
authors.forename: Yücel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gonul
authors.forename: Hilal
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guzel
authors.forename: Mustafa S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Tekin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007002:Hypoglossal Nerve / Q000002:abnormalities*; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D007825:Laryngectomy; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D008297:Male; D037981:Neck Dissection