The anatomical relationship between recurrent laryngeal nerve and high inferior thyroid artery: a case report

Authors : Kemal Emre ÖZEN, Kübra ERDOĞAN, Gonca AY KESELİK, Mehmet Ali MALAS

Pages : 171-174

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Publication Date : 2021-08-31

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :In this case report, we present a case with an unusually high course of inferior thyroid artery and its relationship with the recurrent laryngeal nerve on the right side of the neck of a 91 years-old formalin fixed male cadaver. Dissection showed that the inferior thyroid artery gave off branches between the branches of the recurrent laryngeal nerve following a sharp curvature descending downward to the thyroid gland. Knowledge of such a variation of the location and course of the inferior thyroid artery and the recurrent laryngeal nerve is important for surgical and radiological procedures.
Keywords : inferior thyroid artery, recurrent laryngeal nerve, thyrocervical trunk, thyroid gland, variation